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Image: Artist Jorge Otero-Pailos. Credit: Paula Lobo.

Jorge Otero-Pailos ‘02 Connects Art and Architecture in Surprising Ways

The international artist attributes his diverse career to MIT’s open culture. Jorge Otero-Pailos ’02 attributes his unique artistic vision to his experience at MIT, where he earned a PhD in History and Theory of Architecture at the MIT School of … Continued

"Listening to the City" at Urbano Mobile. Photo: Courtesy of MIT CoLab.

“Listening to the City”: Amplifying voices, shaping sonic infrastructure

Listening is an undervalued act in our civic sphere, where the squeaky wheel routinely gets the grease. But MIT’s Community Innovators Lab (CoLab), a center for planning and development within the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), is … Continued

Theo Jansen and Animaris Ordis, Strandbeest, MIT Media Lab, 2015. Photo: Andy Ryan.
Theo Jansen and Animaris Ordis, Strandbeest, MIT Media Lab, 2015. Photo: Andy Ryan.

Strandbeests stalk the MIT Media Lab

Theo Jansen and his Animaris Ordis visit MIT Dutch artist Theo Jansen and two of his Strandbeests visited the MIT Media Lab on September 10, for the first “ML Talk” of the fall 2015 semester, “Theo Jansen in conversation with … 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

Students reach for one of several earbuds and ipods suspended above.
Student installation for “The Harmonic Archive,” 2014.

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

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