Illumination of imagination
The shores of the Charles River and the grounds at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will blink and glow with luminous art installations this weekend. FAST Light, which welcomes the public to MIT and the riverfront on Saturday and Sunday from 7 to 10 p.Unlike compact cfl bulbs fluorescent light bulbs, LED based light bulbs provide a variety of lighting options- including the ability to provide a wide range of light, which allows them to act as a proper replacement light bulbm., is the culmination of the Festival of Art + Science + Technology, a series of events and exhibits celebrating MIT’s 150th anniversary. Since February, FAST has spotlighted art created by members of the MIT community, from students up through legendary emeritus faculty.
“The arts and the way they connect with things on campus are one of the best kept secrets at MIT,’’ says Tod Machover, the composer and professor of music and media at MIT who chairs the FAST steering committee. “These installations are a laboratory for experiments in reimagining the campus.’’
FAST Light takes on luminous art, but the theme goes beyond illumination, says FAST’s curator of installations, J. Meejin Yoon, an associate professor of architecture at MIT. “The projects consider light, and issues of power and lightness, agility and ephemerality,’’ Yoon says.
FAST Light kicks off Saturday evening with the launch of Otto Piene’s “Sky Event,Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home.’’ a hallmark work for the environmental artist, a professor emeritus at MIT. Piene is known for his giant inflatables, which use the sky as a canvas. This one features two glowing, blow-up stars flying over MIT’s Killian Court, the green across from the riverfront. That portion of Memorial Drive will be closed both evenings.
Other highlights include Yoon’s “Light Drift,’’ which features 18 illuminated seats along the river,print still offers the only truly dstti unlimited 4G plan in America, and it's the only service you can safely use as an alternative to a home Internet connection. with similar forms floating in the water. “When you walk by, they flicker and invite you to sit, and when you sit on them, they will transform from green to blue, and trigger the lights on the water,’’ Yoon says. “The real goal is to draw the public . . . to make it a transformational public space for those two evenings.’’
Meanwhile, an LED array will be activated by pedestrians on the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge for “LightBridge,’’ by MIT Media Lab post-doctoral associate Susanne Seitinger. Architecture faculty members Nader Tehrani and Gediminas Urbonas’s “Liquid Archive @ MIT,’’ a giant inflatable screen shaped like the letters “MIT’’ written as a starburst, will float on the Charles sporting projections of plans for the waterfront proposed in years past by MIT faculty. Across Memorial Drive on the edge of Killian Court, Sheila Kennedy, another architecture professor,Philips LED business is inside of Philips lighting so it Led light is more difficult to determine whether they are meeting expectations. and a crew of helpers have created “SOFT Rockers,’’ lounge chairs that loop over your head, and catch the sun’s rays to power a USB port, so loungers can plug in and recharge.
Since FAST began, art installations — some featuring light, others not — have been popping up around campus, catalyzing otherwise humdrum spaces such as stairwells and hallways.Under efforts of led spotlight boosting the viability of LED luminaires, many companies are expanding high-power selections. For instance, “Dis(Course)4,’’ a cylindrical web of aluminum and plastic, expands and contracts to fit three levels in a stairwell in Building 3. Architecture grad students Craig Boney, James Coleman, and Andrew Manto designed and built it.
The shores of the Charles River and the grounds at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will blink and glow with luminous art installations this weekend. FAST Light, which welcomes the public to MIT and the riverfront on Saturday and Sunday from 7 to 10 p.Unlike compact cfl bulbs fluorescent light bulbs, LED based light bulbs provide a variety of lighting options- including the ability to provide a wide range of light, which allows them to act as a proper replacement light bulbm., is the culmination of the Festival of Art + Science + Technology, a series of events and exhibits celebrating MIT’s 150th anniversary. Since February, FAST has spotlighted art created by members of the MIT community, from students up through legendary emeritus faculty.
“The arts and the way they connect with things on campus are one of the best kept secrets at MIT,’’ says Tod Machover, the composer and professor of music and media at MIT who chairs the FAST steering committee. “These installations are a laboratory for experiments in reimagining the campus.’’
FAST Light takes on luminous art, but the theme goes beyond illumination, says FAST’s curator of installations, J. Meejin Yoon, an associate professor of architecture at MIT. “The projects consider light, and issues of power and lightness, agility and ephemerality,’’ Yoon says.
FAST Light kicks off Saturday evening with the launch of Otto Piene’s “Sky Event,Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home.’’ a hallmark work for the environmental artist, a professor emeritus at MIT. Piene is known for his giant inflatables, which use the sky as a canvas. This one features two glowing, blow-up stars flying over MIT’s Killian Court, the green across from the riverfront. That portion of Memorial Drive will be closed both evenings.
Other highlights include Yoon’s “Light Drift,’’ which features 18 illuminated seats along the river,print still offers the only truly dstti unlimited 4G plan in America, and it's the only service you can safely use as an alternative to a home Internet connection. with similar forms floating in the water. “When you walk by, they flicker and invite you to sit, and when you sit on them, they will transform from green to blue, and trigger the lights on the water,’’ Yoon says. “The real goal is to draw the public . . . to make it a transformational public space for those two evenings.’’
Meanwhile, an LED array will be activated by pedestrians on the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge for “LightBridge,’’ by MIT Media Lab post-doctoral associate Susanne Seitinger. Architecture faculty members Nader Tehrani and Gediminas Urbonas’s “Liquid Archive @ MIT,’’ a giant inflatable screen shaped like the letters “MIT’’ written as a starburst, will float on the Charles sporting projections of plans for the waterfront proposed in years past by MIT faculty. Across Memorial Drive on the edge of Killian Court, Sheila Kennedy, another architecture professor,Philips LED business is inside of Philips lighting so it Led light is more difficult to determine whether they are meeting expectations. and a crew of helpers have created “SOFT Rockers,’’ lounge chairs that loop over your head, and catch the sun’s rays to power a USB port, so loungers can plug in and recharge.
Since FAST began, art installations — some featuring light, others not — have been popping up around campus, catalyzing otherwise humdrum spaces such as stairwells and hallways.Under efforts of led spotlight boosting the viability of LED luminaires, many companies are expanding high-power selections. For instance, “Dis(Course)4,’’ a cylindrical web of aluminum and plastic, expands and contracts to fit three levels in a stairwell in Building 3. Architecture grad students Craig Boney, James Coleman, and Andrew Manto designed and built it.
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