MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2013 Activities by Sponsor - MIT Museum



Creating From Both Sides of the Brain

Seth Riskin, Co-Director, MIT Museum Studio, Allan Doyle, Co-Director, MIT Museum Studio

Jan/08 Tue 01:00PM-03:00PM MIT Museum, Intro and prep.
Jan/10 Thu 01:00PM-05:00PM MIT Museum, w/ RISD
Jan/17 Thu 01:00PM-05:00PM MIT Museum, w/ RISD
Jan/24 Thu 01:00PM-05:00PM MIT Museum, w/ RISD
Jan/31 Thu 01:00PM-05:00PM MIT Museum, w/ RISD

Enrollment: contact instructor
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Contact instructor

Open to all members of the MIT community: be part of an MIT / Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) collaboration to develop an artwork/exhibit for public display at the MIT Museum.

MIT and RISD teams will combine art and engineering in creation of an experiential exhibit on a selected topic in visual perception. Using the MIT Museum as a resource, we'll explore the rich history of art/science/engineering collaborations at MIT. Examples are found in the works of Harold Edgerton, Edwin Land / Polaroid, Berenice Abbott, Stephen Benton and Aude Oliva's current "Hybrid Illusions". Cultivating individual and group methods for cross-disciplinary collaboration, we'll select a topic, generate ideas and construct prototypes. The goal is the creation of an artwork that will offer Museum visitors a novel and meaningful perceptual experience, further revealed and informed by surrounding exhibit information.

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Seth Riskin, N52-MUSEUM, 617 253-4405, RISKIN@MIT.EDU