Department of Play Block Party 06:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Block Party reimagines the building block as an assemblage of two interlinking units. People are invited to assemble the jumbo foam blocks into fantastical shapes. Read More
Stellated Polyhedra and Light 06:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Four mathematical sculptures assembled from folded hardware cloth demonstrating the moire effect with light. Read More
CSAIL Lecture: AI Informing Art 05:30 PM MIT Welcome Center To make The End of Signature, Agnieszka Kurant used artificial intelligence to create two different collective signatures realized as monumental light sculptures adorning the facades of two new buildings in Kendall Square. Read More
Light Painting Photo Booth 12:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Part photo-booth part interactive art, the Light Painting Photo Booth allows participants to paint with light and see it happen in realtime, using a variety of light up objects such as fiber optics and smart LEDs. At the end a flash is triggered, illuminating participants in their painting. Jess has fabricated a variety of LED toys to play with in the photo booth, such as a special LED wand programmed to play back bitmap images of fluorescent microscope images and other science themed graphics. Read More
Light Painting Photo Booth 05:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Part photo-booth part interactive art, the Light Painting Photo Booth allows participants to paint with light and see it happen in realtime, using a variety of light up objects such as fiber optics and smart LEDs. At the end a flash is triggered, illuminating participants in their painting. Jess has fabricated a variety of LED toys to play with in the photo booth, such as a special LED wand programmed to play back bitmap images of fluorescent microscope images and other science themed graphics. Read More
One Sphere 12:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Explore an immersive 360-degree artwork within a sustainably-built geodesic sphere. One Sphere is a magical glow-in-the-dark installation experience that springs to life using UV lamps, 3D glasses, and imagination! One Sphere inspires visitors to create, collaborate, and care for our planet’s interconnected circle of life. Read More
One Sphere 12:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Explore an immersive 360-degree artwork within a sustainably-built geodesic sphere. One Sphere is a magical glow-in-the-dark installation experience that springs to life using UV lamps, 3D glasses, and imagination! One Sphere inspires visitors to create, collaborate, and care for our planet’s interconnected circle of life. Read More
One Sphere 05:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Explore an immersive 360-degree artwork within a sustainably-built geodesic sphere. One Sphere is a magical glow-in-the-dark installation experience that springs to life using UV lamps, 3D glasses, and imagination! One Sphere inspires visitors to create, collaborate, and care for our planet’s interconnected circle of life. Read More
One Sphere 06:00 PM Kendall/MIT Open Space: The Festival Zone Explore an immersive 360-degree artwork within a sustainably-built geodesic sphere. One Sphere is a magical glow-in-the-dark installation experience that springs to life using UV lamps, 3D glasses, and imagination! One Sphere inspires visitors to create, collaborate, and care for our planet’s interconnected circle of life. Read More