HGSE: Louisa Penfold, Contemporary Art in Early Childhood Education Dr. Louisa Penfold, Co-Chair of Arts and Learning at Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), returns to the ArtLab this Fall to lead a series of studio workshops for the HGSE course “Contemporary Art in Early Childhood Education.” Participants explore the potential of modern and contemporary…
with Ilya Vidrin and Lins Derry of metaLAB…
TDM: LROD, Womxn Choreographers and Intermedia In a movement-based course that seeks to explore the innovations that women have contributed to the field of dance, theater, and intermedia over the years, ArtLab collaborates with LROD, Interim Head of Dance, to host a week-long residency in which students will work with professionals from the Boston Dance…
AFVS: Karthik Pandian, Advanced Projects in Time-Based Media In the Fall semester of 2023, ArtLab supported the midterm critique of video installations, multimedia performances, and other time-based works created in the Art, Film, & Visual Studies department (AFVS) course Advanced Projects in Time-Based Media, taught by Associate Professor Karthik Pandian. Karthik Pandian, ArtLab Faculty Artist…
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…
Sona Tatoyan: Azad In September 2023, Sona Tatoyan and her collaborators developed the third act of Tatoyan’s autobiographical, multimedia theatrical performance, Azad, at the ArtLab. A “kaleidoscopic story within a story” (Hakawati), Azad is a work-in-progress theatrical experience that brings together ancient Karagöz shadow puppets, indigenous Middle Eastern folk music, oral storytelling, video projection, and movement. This…
Ed Portal: Nina Bhattacharya, Mending as Care Work Nina Bhattacharya is a designer, educator, and social worker. As an educator and facilitator, Nina designs learning experiences that nurture and amplify young people’s agency, well-being, and creative power. With her project at ArtLab entitled Mending as Care Work, Nina explored textile mending as an expression of…
Bioengineering: Shriya Srinivasan, Experiencing dance through haptics Dr. Shriya Srinivasan is an assistant professor of bioengineering at Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), where she directs the Harvard Biohybrid Organs and Neuroprosthetics (BIONICS) lab. Her ArtLab residency culminated in a work-in-progress public performance at ArtLab, recorded for the new NOVA series Building Stuff,…
In February, members of the Boston community gathered at the ArtLab as part of the ArtsThursdays series to experience a work-in-progress performance of “Echoes from the Borderland,” a sonic essay that is being developed at the ArtLab this year by Faculty in Residence Valeria Luiselli….
Harvard Music Department Ph.D. candidate, Weilu Ge, prototyped a new immersive media installation in the Mead Production Lab at ArtLab this spring. Weilu Ge is creating a responsive performance environment using projection mapping and spatialized sound to explore issues of social media exploitation in a world of surveillance capitalism. …
