Robert Lepage and Peter Gelb Panel Discussion at MIT, 2012
Robert Lepage and Peter Gelb Panel Discussion at MIT, 2012
April 26, 2012 Technology in Stagecraft and StorytellingRobert Lepage in dialogue with Peter Gelb, General Manager, Metropolitan Opera Robert Lepage is the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts recipient. This event offered a fascinating glimpse into Lepage's ...
Stu Puts Stephen on Notice
Stu Puts Stephen on Notice
Stu Schmill of the MIT Admissions Office puts Stephen Colbert on notice for trashing MIT during a recent interview with Richard Hersh on the Colbert Report.
Eugene McDermott Science Festival Panel
Eugene McDermott Science Festival Panel
Panel Discussion: The Science of IllusionWednesday, April 25, 2012Produced in partnership with the Cambridge Science Festival Can you imagine the science behind an invisibility cloak? What about a hovering hologram? The Science of Illusion pushes beyond the boundaries of the real and provides ...
The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts - Robert Lepage
The Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts - Robert Lepage
Robert Lepage: 2012 Recipient Multidisciplinary Performance and Media ArtistThe Council for the Arts at MIT is pleased to announce that Robert Lepage is the recipient of the 2012 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT, which includes an $80,000 cash prize and a ...
Awakening: Jamshied Sharifi with the MIT Wind Ensemble
Awakening: Jamshied Sharifi with the MIT Wind Ensemble
Jamshied Sharifi was commissioned by the MIT Wind Ensemble to create an extended composition that recognizes the Arab Spring, a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab World that began in December 2010. The piece uses ...
Visionaries: Tod Machover
Visionaries: Tod Machover
WBUR's Visionaries series featured Tod Machover of the MIT Media Lab, and his use of music in therapy for emotionally and physically challenged individuals.
Glenn Adamson: Curating Postmodernism
Glenn Adamson: Curating Postmodernism
Glenn Adamson is the Head of Research at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He leads the Research Department’s activities, working closely with colleagues within the museum and in collaboration with scholars and institutions worldwide. He holds a PhD in art history from Yale University, and ...
ACT Lecture | Gloria Sutton: Playback
ACT Lecture | Gloria Sutton: Playback
Playback: Broadcast Experiments 1970 and Now In the 1970s, broadcast television, cable, and even satellite transmissions were considered viable outlets for visual artists to experiment, tamper, and often times, spectacularly fail with, all the while engaging in a generative model of art ...
ACT Lecture | Muntadas: Projects and Protocols: Conventions ...
ACT Lecture | Muntadas: Projects and Protocols: Conventions on Art and ...
Projects and Protocols: Conventions on Art and Technology Muntadas’ work addresses social, political and communications issues such as the relationship between public and private space within social frameworks, and investigates channels of information and the ...
An Interview with Professor Philip Freelon about "REACH"
An Interview with Professor Philip Freelon about "REACH"
An interview with MIT Professor Phil Freelon about his firm's exhibit "REACH", showing in the Wolk Gallery from February 15 - June 8, 2012.
Phil Freelon discusses "REACH"
An interview with Phil Freelon about "REACH"
An interview with Phil Freelon about his firm's exhibit "REACH," showing in the Wolk Gallery from Feb. 15 to June 8, 2012
Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop
Robert Lepage: MIT Student Workshop
Robert Lepage visited MIT on Sunday, Feb. 12, to initiate a collaborative workshop with MIT students and launch the class 21M.805, Performance and Design Practicum.
"Awakening" I
MIT Wind Ensemble: "Awakening" I
MIT Wind Ensemble playing Jamshied Sharifi's "Awakening"
"Awakening" II
MIT Wind Ensemble: "Awakening" II
MIT Wind Ensemble playing Jamshied Sharifi's "Awakening"
"Awakening" III
MIT Wind Ensemble: "Awakening" III
MIT Wind Ensemble playing Jamshied Sharifi's "Awakening"
ACT Lecture | Taru Elfving: Archipelago Logic: Towards ...
ACT Lecture | Taru Elfving: Archipelago Logic: Towards Sustainable Futures
Taru Elfving, curator and director of Contemporary Art Archipelago (CAA), calls into play the curatorial notion of the “dysfunctional” exhibition and its role within the larger concept of sustainability. CAA, a trans-disciplinary, ...
ACT Lecture | Bruce Yonemoto: Re-representations and ...
ACT Lecture | Bruce Yonemoto: Re-representations and Simulations
Bruce Yonemoto works within the overlapping intersections of art and commerce, and the gallery world and cinema screen. Yonemoto juxtaposes cultural material from different international communities, such as those of the Japanese Americans, Nipo-Brasiliero, Peruvian ...
The Paradiso Synthesizer
The Paradiso Synthesizer
MIT Media Lab associate professor Joe Paradiso's homemade analog synthesizer, probably the world's largest, is on display at the MIT Museum and streaming online.
Libya: War and its Aftermath
Center for International Studies Starr Forum — Libya: War and its ...
Michael Brown documented the face of battle in Libya using a camera phone, challenging the standard script for war reportage.
2012 Koch Institute Image Awards Winner: Laura Indolfi
2012 Koch Institute Image Awards Winner: Laura Indolfi
Laura Indolfi discusses her image, "Form and Function: Using a Curved Surface to Change Cell Behavior," one of 10 winners of the 2012 Koch Institute Image Awards. See the image at: http://ki-galleries.mit.edu/2012/indolfi.