On Slow Images and Multivalent Objects In this talk, Jaret Vadera will discuss key arcs, propositions, and questions guiding his transdisciplinary practice. Vadera’s work explores how different technologies shape and control the ways that...
The Future is Present: Cultivating Intimacy in Process and Practice The Future is Present (TFP) is a co-created performance laboratory that amplifies the life-affirming demands of young Black and Indigenous activists. It...
By Andrea S. Kim This article was originally featured in Indiewire. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="750"] “Secret Garden”[/caption] Each year, IndieWire partners with MIT’s Open Documentary Lab to offer a deeper look at Sundance’s New...
Social Justice in a Virtual World The makers of the immersive media experience THE CHANGING SAME will discuss the challenges and opportunities their team faced in the development, production and distribution of their...
1 to Infinity is a portrait series by ODL Fellow Danny Goldfield of 1 person each age from a 1 year old to as old as possible. The highest age...
To Live 10,000 Years is a portrait series by ODL Fellow Danny Goldfield of 2 centenarians in each of the 50 United States. 2 x 50 x 100 = 10,000...
1 Earth City (aka NYChildren) is a portrait series by ODL Fellow Danny Goldfield of one child from every country on earth. Each needs to be living in New York...
Socially Engaged Art in Volatile Times In this arts practice talk, Dalit artist Thenmozhi Soundararajan will discuss her work as a transmedia artist covering issues of race, caste, and gender based...
These courses are offered to MIT students and affiliates. More information can be found at the MIT subjects catalogue. CMS.100 Introduction to Media Studies (, ) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: TR10-11.30 (VIRTUAL) or MW2-3.30 (VIRTUAL) Offers an overview of the social,...
“Mindscapes: An Exploration of Audiovisual Mental Health Literacy” is a white paper in-progress by ODL Fellow Anita Rao exploring the intersection of mental health literacy and the media. The white paper,...