Arts at MIT

Made of just cement, water, and carbon black, this device could be the future of cheap and scalable energy storage for renewable energy sources. mitsha.re/re3t50PA71h

Director and @MIT_MTA Professor Jay Scheib’s production, a high-tech take on Wagner’s “Parsifal” opera at the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, features an apocalyptic theme and augmented reality headsets for the audience bit.ly/3YgPQhn @ArtsatMIT

This month’s After Dark we’re exploring the science of food! From mocktails with molecular gastronomy to watercolors with food-based pigments, it’ll be a night of demos and tastings all around the MIT Museum. Thurs August 10 / 6–9pm hubs.la/Q01YNgRL0

This weekend join the fun with MIT’s 21M.861 Topics in Performance Technique - Hip-Hop class. This is a weekend-long celebration of hip-hop May 13-14 in collaboration with MTA. Follow them on Instagram @hiphop.mit

“RECORDAR”, an exhibition by Pietro Belluschi Fellow Deborah Garcia on view in MIT's Keller Gallery, closes this week on May 12. Learn more: architecture.mit.edu/events/recorda…

What's new in Distinctive Collections? Records from the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, experimental music recordings, rare books by Ben Jonson, and much more. Check out our newest acquisitions. ow.ly/Tnky50NNQlT @ArtsatMIT @MIT_SHASS @MIT_MTA

Enjoy Zimbabwean music on Saturday! With visiting artists Moyo Mutamba, Jennifer Kyker, and Memory Makuri Attend a free workshop from 11am-12:30pm and free concert 7-9pm Register: visitors.mit.edu/?event=de59e84… @ArtsatMIT @MITDiversity

Media Lab alum Nell Breyer talks to @artsatmit about her new work, “Where Lines Converge,” on view in Manhattan’s Central Synagogue through June. “I wanted to create a work that would operate like an action, not an object,” Breyer says. arts.mit.edu/making-movemen…

Interdisciplinary artist @pamelaz comes to campus this spring for a concert (April 19) and a lecture (April 20): Concert: Pamela Z with People mitsha.re/Juoh50NqwM8 Artist lecture: Crossing Disciplines mitsha.re/hj7I50NqwXY 📸 Image credit: Marion Gray, HErickson

Watch: @MIT Center for Arts, Science & Technology features my class & performance “Design for the Future,” a choreopoem based on Black Feminist theory w/ Prof J. Austin Eyer @utarlington, Jennifer Newman @chuchifrito, Paul Lieber & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon youtube.com/watch?v=UupzEM…

It’s not surprising that designers can be found everywhere at @MIT Researchers work on everything from building better robots to reimagining urban landscapes. Here’s a glimpse at just some of the design work underway. mitsha.re/91Sw50MT26y

“Rebuilding the Edge”, an exhibition by Liminal and MIT Architecture students, is on view in the MIT Architecture HQ Gallery. Learn more: architecture.mit.edu/news/exhibit-r…

Get you a girl who looks at you the way I look at @lupefiasco 🤩🤩 But seriously, so proud to have started the @userivetapp journey at @MIT, because that journey led me to learning from one of the greatest rappers of all time!!

ON VIEW: "The Deep Time Project", an exhibition of student work from Cristina Parreño's Fall 2022 studio, is now on view at the Wiesner Student Art Gallery. Read more: arts.mit.edu/deep-time-proj…

Watch: During his recent MIT CAST (@artsatmit) residency, artist Carsten Höller worked with the @FluidInterfaces group to build prototypes for a Dream Hotel. The first phase of the Dream Hotel involved a “daydream night” at the @MITMuseum Studio. youtu.be/fW0yxZ7Gp8E

Students in Scenic Painting, a special topic offered during MIT's IAP23, worked together to complete a collaborative, large-scale painting of the Frank Gehry-designed Stata Center that looks much nicer than the original😏 Brava Sara Brown @ArtsatMIT

Check out the winners of the annual MLK-Inspired Art and Performance Contest, showcased in lobby 10 all week long. This year's celebration of the life and legacy of MLK Jr. offers a full week of events and exhibitions – Learn more at iceo.mit.edu!

February 3–5: The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. The opera features Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage—the real-life unsung inventors of the first computer—fighting crime with their new invention. mitsha.re/J7q450MyhSG @MIT_MTA @ArtsatMIT @MITstudents @MIT_SHASS

“Guerilla is now associated with @ArtsatMIT and this first collaboration sounds delicious.” 😋 - Classical music to keep us warm this winter wbur.fm/3IKwMSZ via @WBUR @LloydSchwartz @sydneypadua @ElenaRuehr #newopera #gothrillingadventures

Collaborating with the avant-garde Pichet Klunchun Dance Company on Tapis Magique to challenge the relationship between contemporary-traditional modern-classical textile, music, and choreography. Stay tuned! 🧶🎶👺 @medialab @ArtsatMIT @mitsap @mit #etextiles #artofelectronics