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MIT Museum . Photo: Courtesy of the MIT Museum.

MIT Collects: Part 1

During his residency at MIT, McDermott Award recipient David Adjaye has connected ideas expressed in his architecture to topics that are of particular interest to the MIT community this academic year. He addressed the “Future of the Library” at a … Continued

Over the Dome, Killian Court, MIT. Photo: All rights reserved by MIT Image Library.

How MIT Students See the Future of Campus

The lyrics to many alma maters celebrate their colleges’ resplendent places—the “hallowed halls” and “time-honored walls,” the surrounding “golden orchards” or “sunlit slopes.” There is no mention of that well-lit basement lab, or secluded corner for thinking and napping, or … Continued

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

William O. Lockridge Library, Washington D.C. Adjaye and Associates. 2012. Credit: Ed Sumner.
William O. Lockridge Library, Washington D.C. Adjaye and Associates. 2012. Photo: Courtesy of Ed Sumner.

The Once and Future Library

Beyond being a book repository, the ancient Library of Alexandria was a working resource for scholars. Joined physically to the Mouseion—a Greek word meaning a place where the Muses are active—the library contained a lecture hall (exedra), a refectory for … Continued

Future of Suburbia. Credit: John Fitzgerald and Matthew Niederhauser.
Future of Suburbia. Credit: John Fitzgerald and Matthew Niederhauser.

In the Making: Matthew Niederhauser & John Fitzgerald

“In our dream, it has become a democratic society. You know, the city will become a kind of vehicle to help people live together and to be creative,” the artist Ai Weiwei remarks in Kapital Creation: Chasing the Chinese Dream, … Continued

Black and white photograph of a dilapidated apartment building.
Katerina Cizek, HIGHRISE, 2011. Image courtesy of the artist.

In the Making: Katerina Cizek

Known for her Emmy award-winning multimedia project, Highrise, about life in residential skyscrapers throughout the world, documentarian Katerina Cizek recently completed a two-year residency at the MIT Open Documentary Lab and CAST. “I always think of the Highrise project as … Continued

Joan Jonas, They Come to Us without a Word still, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist.

The Enduring Influence of Joan Jonas at MIT and Beyond: Part V

Professor Emerita Joan Jonas taught at MIT from 1998–2014, and her pioneering performance, video, and installation works from 1960 onward have secured her a place in art history’s firmament. Influence, however, is a more personal and earthly matter; it occurs … Continued

The Appeal, MIT Dramashop, directed by Anna Kohler, 2015. Photo: Sara Brown.
The Appeal, MIT Dramashop, directed by Anna Kohler, 2015. Photo: Sara Brown.

Q&A with Anna Kohler

Anna Kohler (Senior Lecturer, MTA) spent a good portion of the Spring semester merrily knocking idols off pedestals. With comical derision, she toppled eminent poets Byron, Coleridge and Wordsworth, and took a couple of her own heroes, Bresson and Matisse, … Continued

Killer Mike, 2014. Photo: Samantha J., courtesy of Hard Knock.tv.
Killer Mike, 2014. Photo: Samantha J., courtesy of Hard Knock.tv.

Killer Mike talks about “Race Relations in the U.S.”

Michael Render –  better known as Killer Mike –  is an Atlanta-based rapper, political activist and one half of the popular duo Run the Jewels. Render presented the second lecture in MIT’s Hip Hop Speaker Series, “Race Relations in the … Continued

Joan Jonas, "Lines in the Sand," performance, 2002-2004, Kitchen, NYC, NY. Courtesy of the artist and ACT archives. Photo credit: Werner Maschmann.

The Enduring Influence of Joan Jonas at MIT and Beyond: Part III

Professor Emerita Joan Jonas taught at MIT from 1998–2014, and her pioneering performance, video, and installation works from 1960 onward have secured her a place in art history’s firmament. Influence, however, is a more personal and earthly matter; it occurs … Continued

Two performers on a stage with an image projected in the background.
ACT Professor Emerita Joan Jonas, Reading Dante. Cell Block Theatre, Sydney, 2008. Photo: Greg Weight. Copyright Joan Jonas. Image courtesy of the artist.

The Enduring Influence of Joan Jonas at MIT and Beyond: Part II

Professor Emerita Joan Jonas taught at MIT from 1998–2014, and her pioneering performance, video, and installation works from 1960 onward have secured her a place in art history’s firmament. Influence, however, is a more personal and earthly matter; it occurs … Continued

Joan Jonas, Reading Dante. Cell Block Theatre, Sydney, 2008. Photo: Greg Weight. Copyright Joan Jonas. Image courtesy of the artist.

The Enduring Influence of Joan Jonas at MIT and Beyond: Part I

Professor Emerita Joan Jonas taught at MIT from 1998–2014, and her pioneering performance, video, and installation works from 1960 onward have secured her a place in art history’s firmament. Influence, however, is a more personal and earthly matter; it occurs … Continued

Young Guru, 2015. Photo: Jared Fullerton, courtesy of the artist.
Young Guru, 2015. Photo: Jared Fullerton, courtesy of the artist.

“Design and Destruction”: Young Guru inaugurates Hip Hop Speaker Series

A couple familiar red and white bags from the COOP bursting with MIT textbooks sat in a corner of the green room while legendary audio engineer and DJ, Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton, talked to the press before his recent lecture … Continued

Arnold Dreyblatt, student installation for “The Harmonic Archive,” 2014. Photo: L. Barry Hetherington.

Q&A with CAST Visiting Artist Arnold Dreyblatt

Media artist and composer Arnold Dreyblatt’s connection to MIT began in 2000. As both a visual artist and a composer, there have been multiple threads to his involvement at MIT over the years. In his residency this fall he was … Continued

Bubbles and a man's face under water.
Stefan Helmreich under water. Credit: Heather Paxson

Q&A: Stefan Helmreich on Cyborg Sound

In anticipation of Seeing / Sounding / Sensing, MIT anthropologist Stefan Helmreich sat down with us to discuss Alvin Lucier, cyborg sounds, and the growing field of Sound Studies.

Eight images of brain scans with varying levels of blue, red, green, and yellow.

Q&A: Caroline Jones on Cognitive Neuroscience and the Arts

Caroline A. Jones is a Professor of Art History in the History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture and Art program at MIT. She studies modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on technological modes of production, distribution, and reception. … Continued

Evan Ziporyn.
Evan Ziporyn. Credit: Christine Southworth

Q&A: Evan Ziporyn on Music Visionary Alvin Lucier

Composer and MIT professor discusses the enduring legacy of Visiting Artist Alvin Lucier.

Framed photos of different shapes and sizes sit on a shelf and hang on a wall.
Credit: Anya Ventura

Q&A: Artist Kambui Olujimi Discusses A Life in Pictures

Courtney Klemens, Campus and Community Outreach Coordinator at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center, talks to artist Kambui Olujimi about his exhibition, A Life in Pictures.

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