MIT’s 4.373 / 4.374 Creating Art – Thinking Science course explores the connections between art inquiry and scientific research through visual thinking strategies and emerging technologies.

Led by instructors Tobias Putrih, lecturer in the Art, Culture and Technology program at MIT, and Vladimir Bulović, director of MIT.nano, professor of engineering, MacVicar Fellow, and Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Chair in Emerging Technology, along with research assistant Ardalan SadeghiKivi, MArch ’23, the course bridges the chasm that separates expressive possibilities across disciplinary boundaries.

Throughout the semester, students forged a novel cross-disciplinary creative paradigm, narrating tales of art and technology beyond the grasp of either discipline in isolation. Using the state-of-the-art tools and instrumentation available within MIT.nano, new technical opportunities to deliver a unique creative vision were explored.

The fall 2023 class was supported by a Cross-Disciplinary Class Grant from the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology and offered by the Art, Culture, and Technology Program with MIT.nano.

More information at arts.mit.edu/creating-art-thinking-science

Documentation

Still photography of the final class critique where students present their projects for feedback from instructors Tobias Putrih and Ardalan SadeghiKivi, Teaching Assistant Aubrie James, and Gediminas Urbonas, Associate Professor in the Art, Culture and Technology program at MIT.

Video: MiniDocumentary about the Class

Direction: Heidi Erickson
Videography: Bruce Petschek/Seven Generations Video
Postproduction: Yari Wolinsky, Trillium Studios