IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Seth D. Riskin

Seth Riskin, Manager, MIT Museum Studio

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none

This workshop will focus on the final design and construction of three interactive exhibits for a new MIT Museum exhibition on the Cosmic Bell Experiment. The Cosmic Bell Experiment takes a novel approach to the testing of quantum entanglement and aims at closing one of the last remaining loopholes in quantum physics. Imagined and prototyped by a researcher and two students last fall, the interactive exhibits concern quantum entanglement, superpositon and light cones.

This IAP, student teams will take the projects to the next level, ready for exhibiton at the MIT Museum. The project work will concern light and optics, electronics, mechanical movement and the overall challenge of bringing quantum theoretical ideas into perceptible forms (experience in these areas is not required).

Once a week, the teams will meet at the MIT Museum Studio 10-150 for a check-in on progress and to coordinate efforts toward the exhibition opening in February.

Contact: Seth Riskin, 10-150 MIT Museum Studio, 617 324 6868, RISKIN@MIT.EDU

Seth Riskin, Manager, MIT Museum Studio

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

A collaboration between the MIT Glass Lab and the MIT Museum Studio, this workshop will focus on exploring a range of interactions of glass and light for the development of a "light mural" to be installed in the Compton Gallery and Glass Lab windows. Varied light sources (e.g., incandescent, LED, low-power laser) will be projected through glass compositions, forms and colors. We'll cultivate techniques for "painting" with light, shadow and color on rear-projection surfaces. Demos and project work taking place in both the Glass Lab and MIT Museum Studio will include glassblowing, the creation of custom light and movement devices, exhibit design and installation.

Contact: Seth Riskin, 10-150 MIT Museum Studio, 617 342 6868, RISKIN@MIT.EDU

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Glass + Light

Jan/09	Mon	02:00PM-04:00PM	10-150
Jan/12	Thu	02:00PM-04:00PM	10-150
Jan/19	Thu	02:00PM-04:00PM	10-150
Jan/23	Mon	02:00PM-04:00PM	10-150
Jan/26	Thu	02:00PM-04:00PM	10-150