The MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT) and the MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology (CAST) present Public Space? Lost & Found,… read more
“The one thing I’m dead set against is polite #art.” Artist and ACT alumnus, Michael Rakowitz, on redirective practice, problem-solving and trouble-making. More information… read more
“Antibiotics are a miracle but we need to be sober with how we use them.” -Claire Pentecost, artist & researcher on soil, microbes, &… read more
“You can’t control the audience. Art is a discussion.” -Rikke Luther, Public Place in it’s Meltdown Area. More information about this lecture… Part of… read more
“We strongly believe in the ability of artists to be in charge of their own ‘context’ in a public environment – both in terms… read more
“How can civic cultures of collaboration and sharing be reactivated and sustained in economic, environmental and social terms alike?” Doina Petrescu + Constantin Petcou,… read more
“Cultural interventions are a form of urban acupuncture (hit and run tactics) that will allow the sensitive places in our society to emerge and… read more
“Where do you get freedom? Where do you need freedom?” Sommer discusses art in relation to the history of civic engagement in the humanities…. read more
More information about this lecture… Part of the ACT Fall 2014 Lecture Series
