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(left to right) Presenters MacGregor Campbell (Sci Writing), Moderator Jay Scheib (Music and Theatre Arts), Richard The (MAS),and David Gauthier (MAS) at the "Digital Age" forum in Oct 2008


(left to right) Presenters Nadeem Mazen (BE), Talieh Rohani (CMS), and Tilke Judd (CSAIL), with moderator Glorianna Davenport (Media Fabrics Group) at the "Cinergy" forum in 2007


Graduate students Kevin Driscoll (CMS), Dan Wheeler (6), and Nicola Pezolet (Arch) (left to right), in "Student DJs" with moderator Ntone Edjabe (second from right), founder and publisher of the pan-African magazine Chimurenga and DJ with the Fong Kong Bantu Soundsystem.


(left to right) Moderator Joan Jonas (VAP) with presenters Sabrina Kleinenhammans (Arch), Masoud Akbarzadeh (Arch), and Jamie Zigelbaum (MAS) at the "Sketched Out" forum in spring 2008

09-10 I. Artists-in-Residence/Why?
     Presenters:
        Rya Conrad-Bradshaw, Sloan
        Niko Vicario, HTC
     Moderator:
        Mary Sherman, Former Artist in Residence in Mechanical Engineering
     Date: October 23, 2009

08-09 VI. Appendage
     Presenters:
        Jin Jung, VAP
        Travis Sheehan, Architecture
        Jay Silver, MAS
     Moderator:
        Gediminas Urbonas, VAP
     Date: April 2, 2009

08-09 V. The Curatoriate
     Presenters:
        Rebecca Uchill, HTC
        Jayoon Choi, Sloan
        Sam Earl, DUSP
     Moderator:
        Caroline Jones, Director of HTC
     Date: Mar 11, 2009

08-09 IV. Disturbance Ecologies
     Presenters:
        Linda Ciesielski, DUSP
        Gina Badger, VAP
        Laurel Braitman, STS
     Moderator:
        Hanna Rose Shell, STS Assistant Professor
     Date: Feb 19, 2009

08-09 III. Disaster
     Presenters:
        Daniel Smithwick, Architecture
        Jeff Warren, MAS
        Jason Rockwood, CMS
     Moderator:
        Ana Maria Tavares, Visiting Artist
     Date: Nov 18, 2008

08-09 II. The Modern Practice of Craft Traditions
     Presenters:
        Amy Nichols, Biological Engineering
        Alex Rosenberg, Visual Arts Program
        Julianna Sassaman, Architecture
     Moderator:
        Peter Houk, Director of MIT Glass Lab
     Date: Nov 6, 2008

08-09 I. The Digital Age
     Presenters:
        MacGregor Campbell, Science Writing
        David Gauthier, MAS
        Richard The, MAS
     Moderator:
        Professor Jay Scheib, Music and Theater Arts
     Date: Oct 8, 2008

07-08 VI. Student DJs
     Presenters:
        Kevin Driscoll, Comparative Media Studies
        Nicola Pezolet, Architecture
        Dan Wheeler, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
     Moderator:
        Ntone Edjabe, Abramowitz Artist
     Date: April 29, 2008

07-08 V. Activist Art
     Presenters:
        Stephanie Hsu, Architecture
        Matthew Mazzotta, Visual Arts Program
        Alyssa Wright, Media Arts and Sciences
     Moderator:
        Thierry Nlandu, Abramowitz Artist
     Date: April 15, 2008

07-08 IV. Sketched Out
     Presenters:
        Masoud Akbarzadeh, Architecture
        Sabrina Kleinenhammans, Architecture
        Jamie Zigelbaum, Media Arts and Sciences
     Moderator:
        Joan Jonas, Visual Arts Program
     Date: March 11, 2008

07-08 III. RICE
     Presenters:
        Kevin Moore, Architecture
        Annina Rüst, Media Arts and Sciences
     Moderator:
        Ana Maria Tavares, visiting artist
     Date: Novemebr 14, 2007

07-08 II. Beauty in the Breakdown
     Presenters:
        Caitlin Berrigan, Visual Arts Program
        Brooke Cowan, CSAIL
        Kyle Buza, Media Arts and Sciences
     Moderator:
        Andrea Frank, Visual Arts Program
     Date: November 6, 2007

07-08 I. Cinergy
     Presenters:
        Tilke Judd, CSAIL
        Nadeem Mazen, Biological Engineering
        Talieh Rohani, Comparative Media Studies
     Moderator:
       Glorianna Davenport, Media Fabrics Group
     Date: October 17, 2007

06-07 VI. Child's Play
     Presenters:
        Seth Raphael, Media Arts and Sciences
        Barry Kudrowitz, Mechanical Engineering
     Moderator:
        Dale Joachim, Media Arts and Sciences
     Date: April 19, 2007

06-07 V. Ambience
     Presenters:
        Andres Lombana, Comparative Media Studies
        Owen Meyers,  Media Arts and Sciences
     Moderator:
        David Merrill, Media Arts and Sciences
     Date: March 7, 2007

06-07 IV. Distortion
     Presenters:
        David Merrill, Media Arts and Sciences
        Guy Hoffman,  Media Arts and Sciences
        Coryn Kempster , Architecture
     Moderator:
        Prof. Fredo Durand, CSAIL
     Date: February 7, 2007

06-07 III. Corporeality
     Presenters:
        Sylvain Bruni, Aero-Astro
        Amanda Parkes,  Media Arts and Sciences
        Hope Ginsburg, Visual Arts Program
     Moderator:
        Regina Moeller, Visual Arts Program
     Date: December 6, 2006

06-07 II. Interaction
     Presenters:
        John Rothenberg, Architecture
        Mark Feldmeier ,  Media Arts and Sciences
        Kate James, Visual Arts Program
     Moderator:
        Barabra Barry, Media Arts and Sciences
     Date: November 1, 2006

06-07 I. Framed
     Presenters:
        Steven Moga, Department of Urban Studies and Planning
        Laura Nichols ,  Media Arts and Sciences
        Luis Blackaller , Media Arts and Sciences
     Moderator:
        B. D. Colen, Department of Writing and Humanistic Studies
     Date: Thursday October 5th, 2006.

05-06 III. Body
     Presenters:
        Gemma Schusterman, Media Arts and Sciences
        Marisa Jahn, Visual and Performing Arts.
     Moderator:
        Edisa Weeks, Visiting Instructor, Theatre Arts
     Date: Monday, May 1st, 2006

05-06 II. Light
     Presenters:
        Ben Wood, Visual Arts Program
        Jeff Lieberman,  Media Arts and Sciences
        Saba Ghole, Architecture
     Moderator:
        Ryan Wartena, Postdoctoral Associate, Material Science and Engineering
     Date: Monday Nov 28, 2005

05-06 I. Place
     Presenters:
        Azra Aksamija, History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture
        Joe Dahmen, Architecture and Design
     Moderator:
        Wendy Jacob, Associate Professor, Visual Arts
     Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2005

04-05 VI. Space
     Presenters:
         Jae Rhim Lee, Visual Arts Program
         Luis Berrios-Negron, Architecture
     Moderator:
         Hiroko Kikuchi, LIST
     Date: April 25, 2005

04-05 V. Sound
     Presenters:
        Noah Vawter, Media Arts and Sciences
        Amber Frid-Jimenez, Media Arts and Sciences
     Moderator: Ann Lislegaard
     Date: Thursday, March 9th, 2005

04-05 IV. Site Specific
     Presenters:
        Carrie Bodle, Visual Arts Program
        Ben Dalton, Object-Based Media, Media Lab
        Kelly Dobson, Computing Culture, Media Lab
     Moderator:
        Antonio Muntadas, Visiting Professor, Visual Arts Program
     Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2005

04-05 III. Bio Art
     Presenters:
         Hayes Raffle, Media Lab
        Amanda Parkes, Media Lab
        Sophia Roosth, Science, Technology, and Society
     Moderator:
         Evelyn Fox Keller, Science, Technology, and Society
     Date: November 30, 2004

04-05 II. Distortion
     Presenters:
        Jack Bachrach, CSAIL
        Jessica Banks, CSAIL
        Dan Paluska, Media Lab
     Moderator:
         Fredo Durand, CSAIL
     Date: November 1, 2004

04-05 I. Subversion
     Presenters:
         Zoz Brooks, Media Lab
        Tad Hirsch, Media Lab
        Oliver Lutz, Visual Arts Program
     Moderator:
         Larissa Harris, CAVS
     Date: October 12, 2004

03-04 VII. Movement
     Presenters:
         Clementine Cummer, Visual Arts Program
         Anita Chan, Science, Technology, and Society
     Moderator:
         Tommy DeFrantz, Theater Arts
     Date: April 14, 2004

03-04 VI. Paranoia
     Presenters:
         Aisling Kelliher, Media Lab
         Michael Smith-Welch, Media Lab
         Ross Cisneros, Visual Arts Program
     Moderator:
         Chris Csikszentmihalyi, Media Lab
     Date: March 10, 2004

03-04 V. Location as Identity
     Presenters:
         Michael Epstein, Comparative Media Studies
         Pamela Karimi, Architecture
     Moderator:
         Valeska Soares, visiting artist
     Date: February 11, 2004

03-04 IV. Spectacle, Spectator, Specta[c]tor
     Presenters:
         Simon Schiessl (Media Lab)
         Parmesh Shahani (CMS)
         Saoirse Higgins (Media Lab)
     Moderator:
         Joe Dumit, Science, Technology, and Society
     Date: January 14, 2004

03-04 III. Narratives
     Presenters:
         Pia Lindman, CAVS
         Babara Barry, Media Lab
     Moderator:
         John Maeda, Media Lab
     Date: November 5, 2003

03-04 II. Sound
     Presenters:
         Talia Dorsey, Architecture
     Moderator:
         Joe Paradiso, Media Lab
     Date: September 8, 2003

03-04 I. Artist and Inventor
     Presenters:
         Brad Pitts, Aero Astro
     Moderator:
         Seth Riskin, CAVS
     Date: September 10, 2003