http://bit.ly/qL7Z99 MIT+150: Quickly (Festival of Art + Science + Engineering): Fast LIGHT — Liquid Archive, with Light Bridge and John Hancock Creating in background, as well as crowd in foreground

Quoting from the official pamphlet:

Rapidly LIGHT • May well seven + 8, 2011, 7 pm - ten pm

Modern pioneers in artwork, science, and technological innovation have come jointly at MIT to generate one of the most exhilarating and inventive spectacles metro Boston has ever noticed. On Might seven and eight, 2011, visitors can interact with 20+ art and architectural installations illuminating the campus and the Charles River along Memorial Generate at MIT.

arts.mit.edu / fast

Installations scattered about campus (we failed to fairly see all of them), yet again pasting from the official flyer:

• aFloat
MIT Chapel • Saturday, May 7th ONLY
Inspired by h2o in the Saarinen Chapel's moat, a touch releases flickers of light before serenity returns as a relaxed ripple.
By Otto Ng, Ben Regnier, Dena Molnar, and Arseni Zaitsev.

• Inflatables
Lobby 7, Infinite Corridor
A dodecahedron sculpture produced of silver nylon resonates with gusts of air, warmth from light bulbs, and the motions of passersby.
By Kyle Barker, Juan Jofre, Nick Polansky, Jorge Amaya.

• (now(now(now)))
Developing seven, 4th Floor
This set up nests layers of the earlier into an picture of the present, recursively intertwining slices of time.
By Eric Rosenbaum and Charles DeTar.

• Dis(Training course)four
Creating 3 Stair, Infinite Corridor
A stairwell transformed by a shummering aluminum conduit inspired by the discourse among floors and academic disciplines.
By Craig Boney, Jams Coleman and Andrew Manto.

• Maxwell's Dream
Constructing 10 Community Lounge, Infinite Corridor
An interactive mural developed by magnetic fields that drive designs of light, Maxwell's Dream is a visually expressive cybernetic loop.
By Kaustuv De Biswas and Daniel Rosenberg.

• Mood Meter
University student Center & Developing eight, Infinite Corridor
Is the smile a barometer of pleasure? Mood Meter playfully assesses and displays the mood of the MIT community onsite and at moodmeter.media.mit.edu
By Javier Hernandez and Ehsan Hoque.

• Soft Rockers
Killian Court
Repose and charge your electronic units making use of green solar powered technologies
By Shiela Kennedy, P. Seaton, S. Rockcastle, W. Inam, A. Aolij, J. Nam, K. Bogenshutz, J. Bayless, M. Trimble.

• LightBridge
The Mass. Ave Bridge
A dynamic interactive LED array responds to pedestrians on the bridge, illustrating MIT's ties to each sides of the river. Many thanks to Philips ColorKinetics, CISCO, SparkFun Electronics.
By Sysanne Seitinger.

• Sky Function
Killian Court, Saturday, May well 7th ONLY
Immense inflatable stars soar above MIT in celebration of the unique symbiosis amongst artists, experts and engineers.
By Otto Piene.

• Liquid Archive
Charles River
A floating inflatable display provides a backdrop for projections that highlight MIT's history in science, technology, and artwork.
By Nader Tehrani and Gediminas Urbonas.

• Light Drift
Charles River
Ninety brightly glowing orbs in the river change color as they react to the existence of folks alongside the shore.
By Meejin Yoon.

• Unflat Pavilion
Constructing 14 Lawn
This freestanding pavilion illuminated with LEDs flexes two dimensions into three. Flat sheets are bent and unfurl into skylights, columns, and windows.
By Nick Gelpi

• Gradated Discipline
Walker Memorial Lawn
A field of enticing mounts develop a landscape that encourages passersby to meander through, or lounge upon the clean plaster shapes.
By Kyle Coburn, Karina Silvester and Yihyun Lim.

• Bibliodoptera
Creating 14, Hayden Library Corridor
Freshly emerged from the chrysalis of MIT's varied library pages, a cloud of butterflies flutters above, reacting to the motion of passersby.
By Elena Jessop and Peter Torpey.

• Wind Display
Green Constructing Facade, Bldg 54
A shimmering curtain of light developed by micro-turbines shows a visual sign-up of the replenishable supply of wind energy.
By Meejin Yoon.

• String Tunnel
Constructing eighteen Bridge
A diaphonous tunnel creates a perception of entry to and from the Infinite Corridor and frames the bordering landscape.
By Yuna Kim, Kelly Shaw, and Travis Williams.

• voltaDom
Building 56-66 Connector
A vaulted passageway utilizes an revolutionary fabrication approach that creates sophisticated double curved vaults through the straightforward rolling of a sheet of materials.
By Skylar Tibbits.

• Night of Amounts
Constructing 66 Facade & E15 Walkway
A lights set up enlivens MIT architectre with figures that maintain unique or historical significance to the Institute. Can you decode them all?
By Praveen Subramani and Anna Kotova.

• Overliner
Developing E-25 Stairwell
Taking cues from a stairwell's spiraling geometry, Overliner transforms a acquainted and hectic passageway into a moment of shock and repose.
By Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi.

• Chroma District
Corner of Ames and Primary Streets.
Lanterns react to site visitors by passing audio and color from a single to yet another, rising in intensity along the way and illuminating the path to MIT's campus.
By Eyal Shahar, Akito van Troyer, and Seung Jin Ham.


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