Anne Lilly. Courtesy of the Artist
Anne Lilly
Anne Lilly’s sensuous and interactive sculptures connect physical realities with the interior world of the mind.
2014
All CAST Projects
Ben Houge. Image courtesy of the artist.
Ben Houge
Working at the nexus of music composition, video games, performance, sound installation, and digital art, Ben Houge explores the sonification of real-time data with MIT researchers.
2012
Image: Vik Muniz at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Vik Muniz
Shifts in scale, photographic manipulation, and unexpected materials
Don Byron at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Don Byron
Legendary clarinetist and composer forging what he calls "a sound above genre"
2012, 2013
Mel Chin and Rick Lowe
Exploring the complexities of building healthy communities through art and activism
Guilherme Marcondes. Image Courtesy of the Artist
Guilherme Marcondes
Guilherme Marcondes makes captivating films and animations that probe the relationship between humans and our constructed environment.
2013
Florian Hecker. Credit: Leon Chew.
Florian Hecker
In his installations, live performances and publications, Florian Hecker’s psychoacoustic experimentations dramatize perceptions of sound and space in an immersive intensity.
Scanner and Stephen Vitiello. Credit: Meg Rotzel
Scanner and Stephen Vitiello
Sonic investigations into bodily experience and spatial practice
Boston Camerata. Image courtesy of the artists.
The Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, Artistic Director
February 28, 2015
Suzanne Bocanegra. Credit: Peter Serling.
Suzanne Bocanegra
Suzanne Bocanegra’s visual art draws upon sound and movement as she coaxes new meanings from the intersections of these modalities.
"Grabbing at Newer Vegetables," Anicka Yi, The Kitchen, New York, 2015. Photo: Jason Mandella.
Anicka Yi
Investigating the powers of olfactory sensation
October 20-24, 2014 at the MIT List Visual Art Center
Alvin Lucier. Credit: Michael Schroeater.
Alvin Lucier
A legendary composer blurs the lines between experiment, composition, and art installation
SOUNDING
September 27, 2014
9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Media Lab, Building E14-674
Tauba Auerbach at the CAST Symposium. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Tauba Auerbach
A visual distillation of complex mathematical and scientific concepts
SEEING
September 26, 2014
1:30 - 4:00 pm
Media Lab, E14-674
Wacław Zimpel. Image courtesy of the artist.
WacŁaw Zimpel
Classical clarinetist lights up Polish jazz scene
2015
Lontano Ensemble. Photo: Courtesy of the artist.
Lontano Ensemble
Lontano is synonymous with “the future in music.”
Keith Ellenbogen, Photograph of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist.
Keith Ellenbogen
Using ultra high-speed cameras to showcase underwater worlds in exquisite detail.
The Jupiter Quartet performs Beethoven Quartet Cycle: Concert I at MIT. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.
Jupiter Quartet
Chamber music ensemble performs Beethoven’s foundational String Quartets
2014
John Akomfrah and Lina Gopaul. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington
John Akomfrah and Lina Gopaul
The films of John Akomfrah and Lina Gopaul, founders of the influential Black Audio Film Collective, are the catalyst for an exploration of the overarching theme of “cinematic migrations.”
Katerina Cizek, Courtesy of the artist
Katerina Cizek
Pioneer in participatory and interactive documentary production
October 2-4, 2013
Olafur Eliasson, Your rainbow panorama, 2006-2011. ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark. Credit: Studio Olafur Eliasson.
Olafur Eliasson
Renowned for the multi-faceted practice of his studio in Berlin, Olafur Eliasson creates ambitious public art projects, large-scale installations, architectural pavilions, major art exhibitions, spatial experiments, sensory experiences, and a distinctive art and social business enterprise — Little Sun, a solar powered lamp that is “a work of art that works in life.”
2014
J. Meejin Yoon, Defensible Dress. Credit: MY Studio
Design Across Scales: CAST Class Creates New Paradigm for Design Education
Multimedia class, “Design Across Scales” creates new paradigm for design education.
Flux Quartet. Photo: Courtesy of the artists.
FLUX Quartet
"One of the most fearless and important new-music ensembles" —San Francisco Chronicle
Pamela Z, Ars Electronica, 2008. Photo: Rubra.
Pamela Z
Transforming elegant physical gestures into complex aural and visual landscapes
Tomás Saraceno’s "In Orbit" installation, a netted web that extends 65 feet into the air, in Germany’s K21 Staendehaus Museum.
Video: Visiting Artist Tomás Saraceno’s In Orbit
Check out our Inaugural Visiting Artist Tomás Saraceno’s newest installation, a netted web that extends 65 feet into the air, in Germany’s K21 Staendehaus Museum. For more information on the ideas that drive Saraceno’s work, read about his far-ranging conversations with MIT scientists and engineers on biomimicry, atmosphere, and cosmology.