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An immersive tropicália-inspired memory house

“The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace & Babbage,” a graphic novel by Sidney Padua, offers a playful take on the lives of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, two seminal figures in the world of computer science. The novel follows their journey … Continued

Feb 7, 2023

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Opera Review: Guerilla Opera’s “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage”

This conceit sets in motion a wondrous blend of history and fantasy in Elena Ruehr’s The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, which Guerilla Opera presented in its first staged production at MIT’s new W97 Black Box Theater… Part rescue narrative … Continued

Feb 5, 2023

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‘Lovelace and Babbage’ opera is a sincerely funny alternate history

On Friday at the MIT Theater Arts building, Guerilla Opera presented the world premiere of “The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage,” an adaptation of Sydney Padua’s whimsical webcomic series.

Feb 6, 2023

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Matthew Ritchie

For compelling proof that painting is, in fact, alive and thriving in the age of A.I., see “The Garden in the Machine,” Matthew Ritchie’s new show at the James Cohan gallery (through Oct. 15).

Sep 30, 2022

You’ll need to solve Puerto Rico’s debt crisis to win this new board game

With its unconventional premise and solutions-geared gameplay, Promesa stands out from other options already on the market.

Sep 2, 2022

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IMMENSE JOY by Anna Kohler to be Presented at The Tank in September

Anna Kohler weaves a multifaceted narrative fabric out of images, sounds, text, and expressive movement, commenting on the human condition.

Aug. 04, 2022

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MIT to Present IT MUST BE NOW! Featuring 125 Performers of World Premiere Compositions

Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced It Must Be Now!, a unique immersive music and multimedia event featuring the world premieres of newly commissioned work of three leading jazz artists of our time.

April 29, 2022

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Tomás Saraceno: Particular Matter(s)

This show is a marvel of art and science in which the artist literally draws you into his web to share his love of spiders, even allowing you to experience what it is like being one.

Mar 16, 2022

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Tree Clocks: an interactive rhythm and language work

Code Cypher, hosted by CAST Visiting Artist and Grammy-winning rapper Lupe Fiasco and Professor Nick Montfort, invited MIT students to develop computational artworks that play with language and rhythm… Our interactive rhythm and poetry performance centered around multiple tree trunk rings as … Continued

Nov 4, 2021

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Transformative truth-telling at MIT Open Documentary Lab

A man’s ghostly voice speak-sings from the black screen: “Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetops …”

August 31, 2021

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Caveh Zahedi Has So Many Stories to Tell

Each episode is nonetheless tightly crafted, down to the music that plays at the beginning. On recent episodes, Zahedi’s longtime friend, the composer Evan Ziporyn, has begun composing a short, distinct piece of opening music for each episode.

June 29, 2021

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Survivance: Wet-on-Wet

Wet-on-Wet (2021) is a sonic toolkit for amplifying the waves of emotive molecules in domestic waters inspired by experimentalist Masaru Emoto’s ideas about water as a “blueprint for our reality,” and his work on how different emotional energies and vibrations can … Continued

June 21, 2021

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Survivance: Siren Songs

We humans evolved to survive in a world with specific types of matter and energy; our particular hominid ancestors thrived by favoring interpretation over instinct.

June 21, 2021

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Calendar, April 20: Matthew Ritchie’s The Invisible College: Color Confinement

Calendar mention with video footage of Ritchie’s film.

April 16 2021

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MIT scientists translated spider webs into music. It could help us talk to them

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music — creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the arachnids spin their complex creations and even how they communicate.

April 13, 2021

Listen to the music of a spider’s web. Tell me what do you hear?

It is an eerie, foreboding, reverberating tune, enough to send a tingle down your spine.

April 13, 2021

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Scientists Turned Spiderwebs Into Music, And It’s Hauntingly Beautiful

Spiders rely on the vibrations in their webs to perceive their environment, and now we can hear their mysterious music.

April 12, 2021

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Scientists Turn Spider Webs Into Spider Harps To Hear Spider ‘Voices’

Spiders don’t have great eyesight.

April 11, 2021

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MATTHEW RITCHIE’S THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE: COLOR CONFINEMENT FILM PREMIERES APRIL 6

A multi-part transmedia artwork exploring the many dimensions of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April 8, 2021

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Viral Music

Chi-Yua Yu and Markus J. Buehler from MIT created a computer program that transforms viral proteins into music!

November 13, 2020

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Seven New Works and More In Development from Guerilla Opera Composers

The Coronavirus emergency left the landscape for the arts gloomy, but Guerilla Opera’s thirteenth season had successes which propelled the company into a new era of female leadership and artistry.

September 4, 2020