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5 Latinas in Architecture on Their Career Journeys and What They Hope to See Next
Five Latinas in the architecture field about their journeys, inspirations, and hopes for the future — especially when it comes to increasing the number of Latinas in the industry. While these conversations happened during a celebratory month, they’re also a … Continued

Bayreuther Festspiele holen Dirigenten Gatti und Bychkov
Die Bayreuther Festspiele holen in den kommenden Jahren die renommierten Dirigenten Semyon Bychkov und Daniele Gatti auf den Grünen Hügel. Bychkov soll 2024 eine Neuinszenierung von «Tristan und Isolde» dirigieren, Gatti 2025 die «Meistersinger von Nürnberg».

Bayreuther Festspiele: Wagner für alle
Die Bayreuther Festspiele gelten international als elitäres Festival für ein zahlungskräftiges Publikum. Das soll sich ändern; jetzt kann man Wagners Musik ganz leger auch auf der Picknickdecke genießen.

Why Scientists Are Turning Molecules Into Music
Markus Buehler, a materials engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also a musician and composer, believes the crossover between molecules and music goes even further than “music therapy.” He says we could potentially use music to make new … Continued

‘Goodbye to my dreams of being an artist’: Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s Reflections on Art and Idealism
Starting from the most humble of beginnings, Santiago Ramón y Cajal was to become not only Spain’s most distinguished scientist but also, arguably, the founder of the discipline we now know as neuroscience.

“Visualizing the Proton” – Physicists’ Innovative Animation Depicts the Subatomic World in a New Way
MIT professor of physics Richard Milner, Jefferson Laboratory physicists Rolf Ent and Rik Yoshida, MIT documentary filmmakers Chris Boebel and Joe McMaster, and Sputnik Animation’s James LaPlante have teamed up to depict the subatomic world in a new way.

When Classical Music Was an Alibi
“The idea that musicians and their work are apolitical flourished after World War II, in part thanks to the process of denazification,” wrote Emily Richmond Pollock and Kira Thurman.

Everyone Reunited at the Art Production Fund Gala Honoring Sanford Biggers
Harlem-based artist Sanford Biggers has most recently been appointed the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visiting professor and scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, honored by the Savannah College of Art & Design with the deFINE Art Award, and … Continued

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Multispecies Space Witch: An Interview with Agnes Meyer-Brandis.

Scientific research as an art. Or vice versa!
The emergence of the term science art is also associated with the name of Joe Davis, a biologist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Classical Music’s Iron Curtain
Two musicologists discuss national identity in the performing arts and the politics of blacklisting sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Syrian-Born Scholar Reflects on Arab Efforts to Preserve Islamic Architecture
Nasser Rabbat leads the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He applauds architectural preservation efforts but sees flaws in some plans.

Boston Public Radio Full Show: 6/30/21
Jonathan Gruber explained the economics behind the music industry as more music venues reopen for live shows. He also talked about the lack of revenue musicians gain from streaming services and album releases. Gruber is the Ford Professor of Economics at … Continued

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.

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

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.

Venice Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis: ‘We are exploring the same subjects that led to the pandemic’
The curator of Venice Biennale of Architecture says this year’s event examines our relationship with the planet and each other

The Venice Biennale, Twice Delayed, Takes On New Relevance
A celebration of architecture focuses on how, together, we can live now.

The pandemic has “re-imagined how we can exhibit” says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis
The Venice Architecture Biennale opens this week. Installing it during the pandemic has forced participants to work in a more collaborative and sustainable way in line with the event’s key themes, according to curator Hashim Sarkis.

Hashim Sarkis discusses staging an international biennale in ‘interesting times’
The 17th Venice Architecture Biennale operates on several different registers, requiring the visitor to keep pace with thematic leaps and intellectual vaults, analytical flybys, and prescriptive tunneling. Asking the question “How will we live together?”

The pandemic has “re-imagined how we can exhibit” says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis
Installing the Venice Architecture Biennale during the pandemic forced participating architects to work more collaboratively, according to Hashim Sarkis.

Calendar, April 20: Matthew Ritchie’s The Invisible College: Color Confinement
Calendar mention with video footage of Ritchie’s film.

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.

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.