Azra Aksamija, The Lightweaver, photomontage of a kinetic light installation for the Future Heritage Lab at the refugee camp Al Azraq, Jordan, 2017. Credit: Azra Aksamija.
All CAST Projects
duoJalal. Courtesy of the artists.
duoJalal
"Fearless seekers and synthesizers of disparate instruments and cultures” —Toronto Star
Guillermo Klein. Credit Andrea Bocallini.
Guillermo Klein
A stellar collision of vocal jazz, Latin music, and poetry
Close up view of the Memory Matrix at MIT, 2016. Credit: Fadi Massod.
Memory Matrix
A solidarity-building and educational enterprise
Tomás Saraceno, Aerocene, GrandPalais, 2015. Photo: Studio Saraceno.
Behind the Artwork: Tomás Saraceno’s Aerocene Project
“With Lodovica [Illari] and Bill [McKenna], we are trying to reimagine how human beings will navigate around the world,” says artist Tomás Saraceno, describing the lofty goal of his Aerocene project. These emission-free floating sculptures, made from silver and transparent … Continued
Johnny Gandelsman performs in MIT Kresge Auditorium, February 2020. Credit: Leon Yim.
Johnny Gandelsman
Violinist Gandelsman "plays with a balletic lightness of touch and a sense of whimsy and imagination" —Boston Globe
Amanda Crider and Lacey Dorn preforming in Persona workshop at MIT, 2015.
Keeril Makan and Jay Scheib’s Persona
Visceral new operatic adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic film
Informal development in the northern peripheries of Mumbai, India, 2015. Credit: Matthew Niederhauser, John Fitzgerald, and the MIT Center for Advanced Urbanism
John Fitzgerald and Matthew Niederhauser
Capturing the pace and process of global suburbanization
“Generative drawing” critique, 4.022 Architectural Design Fundamentals, 2015. Photo: S. Lacey.
Transcending The Algorithm: Architecture Students Create Generative Drawings
With his canvas stretched on the floor, Jackson Pollock dipped brushes or sticks into paint cans; then he drew in the air, dripping paint on the canvas, hovering, leaning, lunging, and gesturing here and there with varying speed. His pace, … Continued
Student installation for “The Harmonic Archive,” 2014.
The Harmonic Archive: Music, Sound & Installation Art as Artistic Research
Anyone who rides public transportation has likely experienced this breach of commuter etiquette: fellow passengers’ oblivion to the tinny blare emanating from their headphones. Students enrolled in “The Harmonic Archive: Music, Sound & Installation Art as Artistic Research” have used … Continued
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Chuck Hoberman
With Hoberman, MIT students invent new transformable mechanisms
2012
Composer Libby Larsen. Courtesy of the Artist.
Libby Larsen
Composer and articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time
2004
Santiago Calatrava. Credit Suzanne DeChillo/The New York Times.
Santiago Calatrava
Santiago Calatrava is well known for his neofuturist style and his wild feats of engineering. The Milwaukee Art Museum, his first building in the United States, is famous for its shading “wings” that open and close in response to the position of the sun.
2005
David Sheppard. Image courtesy of the artist.
David Sheppard
Realizing visionary new artworks through live performance and cutting-edge technology
Small Instruments, visiting artist Pawel Romanczuk
Pawel Romanczuk, Small Instruments
Complex sounds from small instruments
2014
Bill Viola, Five Angels for the New Millennium, 2001. Credit: Kira Perov.
Bill Viola
Instrumental in establishing video as a vital medium of contemporary art
2009
Gustavo Dudamel conducts.
Gustavo Dudamel
Acclaimed worldwide as one of the most exciting and compelling conductors of our time, Gustavo Dudamel’s infectious energy and exceptional artistry have made him one of the most sought-after conductors by orchestras and opera companies around the world.
2010
Robert Lepage, Der Ring des Nibelungen. Metropolitan Opera. Credit: Ken Howard.
Robert Lepage
Versatile in every form of theater craft, Robert Lepage is equally talented as a director, playwright, actor and filmmaker
2012
Terry Riley, Terry Riley's 80th Birthday Concert, 2015. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington.
Terry Riley
Minimalist legend
April 18, 2015
Eric Singer. Credit: Elizabeth Keating.
Eric Singer
A leading expert in the use of sensors and robotics in multimedia systems
Victor Gama. Credit: Najib Nafib.
Victor Gama
Victor Gama’s work addresses the relationship between instrument building and music composition, while using new technologies and the creative practices of Africa and the Diaspora.
Christopher Janney, Harmonic Convergence, 2011. Credit: PhenomenArts.