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Azra Akšamija Interviewed by UNESCO for Co-MASK

April 17, 2020
Press

EXORDIUM at the Cadence 2020 Video Poetry Festival

‘Exordium’ by Laura Knott and Kevin McLellan part of CADENCE: VIDEO POETRY FESTIVAL

April 14, 2020
AnnouncementEvent

Clockwise from top left: William S. Smith, Deana Haggag, Marisa Morán Jahn, and Sarah Arison.

Marisa Morán Jahn (SMVisS ’07) on the Artist Relief Fund

April 10, 2020
Press

Rae Yuping Hsu, Mistress Kinship, 2020. Stool, bacteria, blender.

Class of 2020 | Rae Yuping Hsu

April 9, 2020
Press

Dieter Jung, CAVS Fellow 1985 – 1987, Reproductions of Light Mill (Motion in Space – Space in Motion), various angles, 1987 Computer generated hologram, photographer unknown

From Live Programming to the Digital Environment

April 6, 2020
Publication

City of Boston Artists in Residence, 2020

Erin Genia (SMACT ’19) Named Boston Artist-in-Residence

April 6, 2020
Announcement

Materials from the CAVS collection

MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology’s Archives and Special Collections

April 3, 2020
Announcement

Yvonne Rainer in “Bach,” from “Terrain,” performed in 1963 at Judson Memorial Church. Credit: Hottelet/Giese/Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; via Getty Research Institute

CAVS Fellow Yvonne Rainer’s DIY Dance at Home

April 1, 2020
Press

Michael Rakowitz and his son make Iraqi dolma, or mhasha, with bok choy. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Michael Rakowitz’s (SMVisS ’98) Culinary Inspiration

March 26, 2020
Press

Azra Akšamija, Co-MASK.

Azra Akšamija Creates Co-MASK in response to COVID-19

March 25, 2020
Announcement

Members of the California Coalition of Domestic Workers and Studio REV- celebrate the first year anniversary of the state’s Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. Photo by Rebeka Rodriguez, 2016.

Marisa Morán Jahn (SMVisS ’07) | CarePod: Designing for Care, Building Community

March 23, 2020
Press

Imagination, dead imagine (video installation; 1991), Judith Barry. Photo by Adam Reich. Courtesy the artist and Mary Boone Gallery, New York. © Judith Barry

Art in a Digital Landscape: In Conversation with Judith Barry from Boston Art Review

March 19, 2020
Press

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