CMP: Buse Aktaş, How’s the Matter? An interactive, touchable art installation by Buse Aktaş in which the components periodically undergo state changes. The installation includes elements from and is an iteration of the first research study exploring how people haptically engage with objects that change their mechanical properties during interaction (publication in preparation). Buse Aktaş…
CMP: Max Murray, Georgic Georgic is an evening-length work of music theater created by Max Murray. Taking the plains landscape as its subject, Georgic is a foreboding reflection on the nineteenth century pastoral imaginary. Each of the three performers is both musician and actor, situated in the field of a work-encompassing fixed media component — pre-recorded sound and…
HUCA Commission: Jordan Weber, Perennial Philosophies Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA) commissioned this public artwork by 2021-2022 Loeb/ArtLab artist-in-residence Jordan Weber. Jordan Weber shares, “This work intends to create a movable, communal space for decompression to regain strength at Harvard University. I used black obsidian, a stone traditionally used to shield negative energy, protect the body, or practice food…
LPCE and metaLAB: Rigorous Play & Whimsical Work Rigorous Play & Whimsical Work was a workshop on the use of whimsy and surprise in the creative process, incorporating playfulness, chance, and the value of constraints. Designed as a fast-paced, hands-on session at Harvard’s ArtLab, students explored new forms of collaboration, working with physical materials to give…
