All CAST Projects
Joe Lovano
“One of the greatest musicians in jazz history”—New York Times
Kaynak Pipers Band
Traditional kaba gaida folk music of Bulgaria
Simon Smith
Masterful and intrepid Stockhausen concert
Anna Kohler’s Mytho? Lure of Wildness
“A theatrical work about what looking feels like, to the muse and to her creator.” – Hilton Als, The New Yorker
Nik Bärtsch’s MOBILE
Rigorously conceptual zen-funk
On the Record
Creating new shared territories for discursive and collaborative practices
Azra Akšamija’s Lightweaver
Enhancing the cultural fabric of refugee camps with adaptive smart textiles
duoJalal
"Fearless seekers and synthesizers of disparate instruments and cultures” —Toronto Star
Guillermo Klein
A stellar collision of vocal jazz, Latin music, and poetry
Memory Matrix
A solidarity-building and educational enterprise
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
Violinist Gandelsman "plays with a balletic lightness of touch and a sense of whimsy and imagination" —Boston Globe
Keeril Makan and Jay Scheib’s Persona
Visceral new operatic adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic film
John Fitzgerald and Matthew Niederhauser
Capturing the pace and process of global suburbanization
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
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
Chuck Hoberman
With Hoberman, MIT students invent new transformable mechanisms
Libby Larsen
Composer and articulate advocate for the music and musicians of our time
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.
