Angus Gibson, 2004 Comparative Media Studies Departmental Artist-in-Residence
Past Residencies
Architecture
2005
Santiago Calatrava, Architect/Artist/Engineer
McDermott Award
Press
Release
1999
Diller+Scofidio, Interdisciplinary Art
McDermott Award, 1999
Tech Talk
Story
1993
Thomas Hanrahan & Victoria Meyers, Architects
McDermott Award
Tech Talk
Story
1984
Ieoh Ming Pei, Architect
McDermott Award
Dance
2005
Dianne Walker, Tap Dancer
Music and Theater Arts
Press
Release
Tech
Talk Story
2004
Elizabeth Streb, Dancer/Choreographer
Abramowitz Award
Press
Release
Tech Talk Story
2003
Alexandra Beller, Dancer/Choreographer
Theater Arts
Tech Talk story
2000
Bill Shannon (aka "The Crutchmaster"),
Dancer
Katzenstein Award/School of HASS
Press Release
Tech Talk Story
2001-2002
Gus Solomons (MIT Class of 1961), Choreographer
Music and Theater Arts/Architecture
Tech Talk Story on MLK Scholars
Tech Talk Story on Dance Theater Ensemble
Tech Talk Coverage on Dance Theater Ensemble
Tech Talk Story on HASS Award
2000
Donald Byrd, Dancer/Choreographer
Music
Tech Talk Story
1998
Urban Bush Women, Dance
Abramowitz Award
Tech Talk Story
1997
Chitresh Das, Kathak Dancer
Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
1994
Rosalind Newman, Choreographer/Dancer
Music
1993/1995
Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane Dance Company
Music
1993
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani Vocals & Music
Music
1991
Gregory Hines, Dancer
1984
The Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Dancers
Abramowitz Award
1974
The Inbal Dance Theater of Israel
Abramowitz Award
1972
The Topeng Dance Theater of Bali
Abramowitz Award
1969
The American Ballet
Abramowitz Award
1968
The Pennsylvania Ballet
Abramowitz Award
1967
Edward Villella and Patricia McBride performing the Stravinsky- Balanchine Apollo
Abramowitz Award
1964
Maria Tallchief and the New York City Ballet
Abramowitz Award
Film
2007
Coco Fusco, Interdisciplinary Artist/Performer.
Abramowitz Award
Press
Release
Tech
Talk Article
2006
Katia Lund, Filmmaker
Office of the Arts
Tech
Talk Story
2005
Michel Gondry, Filmmaker
Rubin Award
Press
Release
Tech
Talk Story
2005
Olivier Gondry, Music Video Maker
CSAIL
2004
Angus Gibson, Filmmaker
Comparative Media Studies
Press Release
2003
Aparna Sen, Indian Filmmaker
Foreign Languages and Literatures/
Women's Studies/Comparative Media Studies
Tech
Talk Story
2002
Kasi Lemmons, Filmmaker
Katzenstein Award
Tech Talk
Story
1997
Toni Dove, Video Artist
McDermott Award
1995
Louis Massiah (MIT Class of 1982), Filmmaker
Comparative Media Studies
1986
Richard Leacock, Filmmaker
McDermott Award
Literature
2006
Chris Abani, Novelist/Poet/Saxophonist.
Katzenstein Award
Press
Release
2006
Cory
Doctorow, Writer
Comparative Media Studies
Tech Talk Story
2005
Ruth Ozeki, Writer
Katzenstein Award
Press Release
A reading from All Over Creation at WBGH.org
2004
Margaret Atwood, Author/Poet
Abramowitz Award
Press Release
Tech Talk Story
Tech Talk
Coverage
2004
Joy Harjo, Poet/Composer/Musician/Singer
Women's Studies
2004
Sarah Vowell, Writer/Contributing Editor for NPR's "This American Life"
Katzenstein Award
Tech Talk
Announcement
Tech Talk
Coverage
2003
Scott McCloud, Cartoonist
School of HASS
1999
Junot Díaz, Author
McDermott Award, Foreign Languages and Literature
Tech Talk Story
another Tech
Talk Story
1997
Bamboo Ridge Collective, authors (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Women's Studies
1997
Larry Gonick, Cartoonist
Comparative Media Studies
Tech Talk Story
1997
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Poet (Colored Gorls with Pens series)
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Women's Studies
1997
Carmen Abrego, Poet (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Women's Studies
1997
Nuar Alsadir, Author
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Women's Studies
1997
Sharon Strange, Poet (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Women's Studies
1997
Thulani Davis, Poet/Playwright/Liberttist/Novelist
Foreign Languages and Literatures/ Women's Studies
1997
Patricia Powell, Author (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Women's Studies
1997
Holly Uyemoto, Author (Colored Girls with Pens series)
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Women's Studies
1993
Isabel Allende, Novelist
Abramowitz Award/Foreign Languages and Literature
1992
Toni Cade Bambara, Author
Women's Studies
1992
Richard Preston, Author
McDermott Award
1992
Toni Morrison, Author
Abramowitz Award/Foreign Languages and Literatures
1963
Ralph McGill, Editor/Publisher
Abramowitz Award
1962
Herbert Butterfield, Author
Abramowitz Award
1961
Henri Peyre, Novelist
Abramowitz Award
Music
2007
Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano, and Kenny Werner, musicians and composers
Music and Theater Arts
Press
Release
2005
Endellion String Quartet
Music and Theater Arts
2005
Jewlia Eisenberg, Composer/Musician
Katzenstein Award
Press
Release
2005
Cypress Quartet, String Quartet
Music and Theater Arts
2004
Kenny Werner, Jazz Pianist
Music and Theater Arts
Tech
Talk Story
2004
Joy Harjo, Poet/Composer/Musician/Singer
Women's Studies
1994
Tan Dun, Composer/Musician,
McDermott Award
Tech Talk Story
1994
Libby Larsen, Composer/Musician
McDermott Award
Press Release
Tech Talk Story
2004
John Zorn, Composer/Musician/Producer
Performing Experimental Musical Instruments (PEMI) Workshop Media Lab
2003
Peggy Seeger, Composer/Musician/Singer
Music and Literature
Press Release
Tech Talk
Story
Tech Talk
Photo
2003-04
Lamine Touré, Master Senegalese Drummer
Music and Theater Arts
2002 (residency not completed)
Rajesh Mehta, Trumpeter/Composer/Instrument Builder
School of Architecture and Planning
2002-03
Lamine Toure, Master Senegalese Drummer
Music and Theater Arts
Press
Release
2001
Arnold Dreyblatt, Musician/Composer
Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
2001
Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, singers/musicians
Women's Studies
Press
Release
Tech
Talk Story
2000
CORE Ensemble, Musicians
McDermott Award
Tech Talk Story
1999
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
1998
Bernard Makoare/Harold Anderson: Korero, Maori Music and Jazz
Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
1997
Basso Bongo, Computer Music duo
Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
1996
Conjunto Folklorico Nacional de Cuba
Music and Theater Arts
The Talk Story
1996-97
Diana Dabby, Musician/Electrical Engineer
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tech Talk Story
1995
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Music and Theater Arts
1995
Ballets de San Juan, Music & Dance
Music and Theater Arts
1995, 1997
Endellion String Quarter
Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk
Story
1995
Kenembu: Brazilian Mestizo
Music and Teater Arts
1995
Steve Reich, Composer/Musician
Abramowitz Award/Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
1994-1996
I Nyoman Catra and Desak Made Suarti Laksmi, Balinese Music and Theater
Arts/Dance
1994
Ondekoza, Japanese Drummers
Music and Theater Arts
1994
Los Pleneros de la 23 Abajo, Puerto Rican Music/Dance
Music and Theater Arts
1994
Phil Woods Quintet, Jazz Musicians
Music and Theater Arts
1994
Ephat Mujuru, Musician from Zimbabwe
Music and Theater Arts
1993
Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian Composer/Musician
Music and Theater Arts
1993
Max Roach, Jazz Musician
Music and Theater Arts
1992
Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Bass Player/Composer
Music and Theater Arts
1992
Carnegie Mellon Piano Trio
Music and Theater Arts
1992, 1994
Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Cuban Music/Dance
Music and Theater Arts
1992, 1995
ROVA Saxophone Quartet
Music and Theater Arts
1992
Simon Shaheen and the Near Eastern Music Ensemble
Music and Theater Arts
1994
Gamelan Sekar Jaya
Music and Theater Arts
1991
I Wayan Sadra, Balinese Composer
Music and Theater Arts/Abramowitz Award
1988
The Willem Breuker Kollektief, Musicians
Abramowitz Award
1986
The MIT Chamber Players in the premiere of John Harbison's Three City Blocks:
Music and Theater Artsfor 18 Winds
Abramowitz Award
1983
Philip Glass Ensemble, Musicians
Abramowitz Award
1982
Boston Jazz II with Herb Pomeroy
Abramowitz Award
1981
Boston Jazz I with Philip Wilson
Abramowitz Award
1980
Boston Musica Viva featuring John Harbison's Full Moon in March
Abramowitz Award
1979
The Borodin Quartet with John Buttrick, Pianist
Abramowitz Award
1978
The Alban Berg Quartet
Abramowitz Award
1977
The Borodin Quartet
Abramowitz Award
1976
The Amadeus String Quartet
Abramowitz Award
1975
The Guarneri String Quartet
Abramowitz Award
1971
The Fine Arts Quartet
Abramowitz Award, 1971
1966
The Lenox String Quartet performing music by Elliot Carter III
Abramowtiz
Award
1965
The Metropolitan Opera
Abramowitz Award
Theater
2007
Suzan-Lori Parks, Playwright
McDermott Award
Press
Release
2005
Max Hafler, Playwright
Music and Theater Arts
2003
Vinie Burrows, Actor
McDermott Award, Theater, Women's Studies
Press Release
Tech Talk
Story
2001
The Bang on a Can All-Stars and I Wayan Wija, Balinese puppet master, world premiere of Shadow Bang
School of HASS
2001
Moisés Kaufman, Director/Playwright
Abramowitz Award
2000
Ghaffar Pourazar, Lecture/Demonstration on Beijing Opera
Music and Theater Arts
1999
Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Roberto Sifuentes, Performance Provocateurs
Abramowitz Award
Unpublished
Tech Talk Story
Tech
Talk IAP Notebook
Tech
Talk Arts News
1998
Wu Wei Theater Company, German/Chinese Theater Company
Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
1998
Holger Tschke, Dramaturg for the Berliner Ensemble founded by Brecht
Music and Theater Arts
1998
Michael Moschen, Juggler/Performance/Artist
Katzenstein Award
Tech
Talk Story
1997
Kenny Leon, Theater Director
McDermott Award/Music and Theater Arts
1996
George Takei, Actor, Arts Activist
Foreign Languages and Literatures/Music and Theater Arts
Tech Talk Story
Tech Talk Story
1996-97
Shakespeare & Company, Lenox-based Theater Company
Music and Theater Arts
Tech
Talk Story
Tech Talk
Story on King John
Tech
Talk Story on Women of Will
1995
Terry Galloway, Actress
Music and Theater Arts
1994
Augusto Boal, Brazillian Theater Director/Writer
Music and Theater Arts
1994
David Henry Hwang, Playwright
Abramowitz Award/Music and Theater Arts
1993, 1994
Grupo Cultural Yuyachkani, Peruvian Theater Troup
Music and Theater Arts
1992
Jon Lipsky, Actor
Music and Theater Arts
1991-96
Rosa Luisa Marquez, Actress/Director
Music and Theater Arts
1991-93
Antonio Martorell, painter/graphic artist/writer/media personality
Music and Theater Arts
1991-92
Jerome Butler, Actor/Videographer
Music and Theater Arts
1991
Mel Wong, Dancer, Choreographer/Visual Artist
Music and Theater Arts
1990
Avery Brooks, Actor
Abramowitz Award
1989
Zoe Caldwell in Come A-Waltzing with Me
Abramowitz Award
1983
Albert R. Gurney Jr, Playwright
McDermott Award
1973
Four New England Traveling Theater Companies
Abramowitz Award
1970
Scenes from American Life, A Play by A.R. Gurney Jr.
Abramowitz Award
Visual Arts
2006
Noboru Tsubaki, Visual Artist
Rubin Award
Press
Release
2006-7
Pia Lindman, visual and performance artist
School of Engineering, CSAIL
Tech
Talk Article
2006
Ann Lislegaard,
Visual Artist
Rubin Award
Press
Release
2004
Robert J. Lang, Origami Expert
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Press Release
Tech ArtNews
Tech Talk Announcement
2004
Valeska Soares, Installation Artist
Rubin Award
2003
George W. Hart, Sculptor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Tech Talk Story
Tech Talk 'Salamander' story
Tech Talk 'Salamander' side-bar
2003
Barnaby Evans, Installation Artist
Urban Studies and Planning
Tech Talk Story
2003-04
Peter Houk, Glass Artist
Materials Sciences and Engineering
2003
Cai Guo-Qiang, Installation Artist
Rubin Award
Press Release
Tech Talk Story
2003
Art Spiegelman, Cartoonist
Abramowitz Award
Tech Talk
Story
Unpublished
Tech Talk Story
2003
Scott McCloud, Cartoonist
School of HASS
2002
Donna Marcantonio, Sculptor
Physics
2002
Mary Sherman, Painter/Animated Installation Artist
Mechanical Engineering
2001
Isaac Julien, Visual Artist
McDermott Award
Press
Release
Tech Talk Story
2001
Conway & Pratt Projects, Inc., Installation Artists
Visual Arts
2001-02
Paul Pfeiffer, Digital Video and Mixed Media Installation Artist
Rubin Award
2000-01
Ellen Zweig, Performance/Installation Artist
Rubin Award/Visual Arts
Tech Talk
Story
1999-2002
Diane Willow, Visual Artist
Visual Arts
Tech
Talk Article on "SEAt"
Tech
Talk IAP Notebook
Article in The
Tech
1999
Eve Laramee, Visual Artist
Visual Arts
1997
Lawrence Weiner, Conceptual Artist
Visual Arts
1997
Larry Gonick, Cartoonist
Comparative Media Studies
Tech
Talk Story
1996-2000
Susan Gamble and Michael Wenyon, Holographers based at
Haystack Observatory
Visual Arts
Tech Talk Arts News
Tech Talk ArtNews
Tech Talk Article
1996, 1997
Barbara Ward, Soft Sculpture Artist
Visual Arts
1995
Jeff Wall, Photographer
McDermott Award
Tech
Talk Story
1995
Jill Smith and Phil Dench, Graphics & Software Design
Mechanical Engineering
1994-98
Felice Frankel, Science Photographer
MIT Museum/Edgerton Center
Tech Talk Story
1
Tech Talk Story
2
Tech Talk Sotry
3
Tech Talk Story
4
Tech Talk
Sotry 5
Tech Talk Story
6
Tech Talk
Story 7
2001
Image & Meaning Conference June 13-16
1994-2001
Arthur Ganson, Kinetic Sculptor
Rubin Award/Mechanical Engineering
Tech Talk
Story 1
Tech Talk
Story 2
Tech Talk
Story 3
Tech Talk
Story 4
Tech Talk
Story 5
Tech Talk
Story 6
1991-93
Antonio Martorell, painter/graphic artist/writer/media personality
Music and Theater Arts
1992
Peter Campus, Photographer/Videographer/Filmmaker
Visual Arts
1992
Valerie Maynard, Visual Artist
Visual Arts
1991
Rebecca Purdum, Painter
McDermott Award
1991
May Sun, Visual Artist
Visual Arts
1991
Mel Wong, Dancer, Choreographer/Visual Artist
Music and Theater Arts
1990
Agnes Denes, Environmental Artist
McDermott Award
1989
Ida Ely Rubin, Visual Artist
McDermott Award
1985
Harold E. Edgerton, Photographer/Inventor
McDermott Award
