Artists and scientists come together to share technologies and their applications for cultural collaborations between the United States and the Middle East at this daylong symposium. CULTURUNNERS is a multiannual and multidimensional project consisting of artistic journeys, cultural encounters with local communities, and the creation of artistic communication technologies for traveling artists.
The symposium features a series of talks, screenings, performances, and readings inspired by the Majlis, an Arabic term denoting a welcoming environment that embraces diverse types of social gatherings. Invited presenters include Edge of Arabia artists, MIT researchers, artists and alumni, and Smithsonian curators.
Unofficial Histories of Makkah | Ahmed Mater
Exemptions and Emancipations | Orkan Telhan
The Black Poem | Marriam Mossali
Mipsterz-Muslim Hipster | Layla Shaikley
A Furry Tale | Regina Möller
Pink/Wash | Jackson Struthers Davidow
Dastangoi | Huma Gupta
Spatial-Making-Do | Molly Kleiman & Ava Ansari
Fab-San'a | Dina El-Zanfaly
Songs My Father Likes | Nisa Ari
The Magic Lantern | Lara Baladi
The Mother of Bathrooms | Daanish Masood
Telfaz 11 TV | Husam Al-Sayed
Desert Wind | Ali Asani
Instigestion | Abdullah Al-Mutairi
Borderland | Stephen Stapleton & Ahmed Mater
Yarn-dez-vous | Azra Aksamija
Behind the Scenes at The Sackler Gallery | Carol Huh
Can An Asik Work at Siemens? | Peter McMurry
PROJECTS IN ACT CUBE | 12-6pm
The Foreigner | Jon Rubin with Sohrab Kashani & Gedney Barclay
Marshmallow and Baklava | MIT students
Yarn-Dez-Vous | Azra Aksamija with Lillian Harden, Karina Silvester & Andy Bolt
The Machine To Be Another | BeAnotherLab
Photo Booth | Adrianne Koteen & Ursula August
Exemptions and Emancipations | Orkan Telhan
Mapping Invented Traditions | MIT students
Empathetic Headwear | MIT students
Rifting Studios | Matteo Enrico Lonardi, Alexandra M Glorioso, João Philippe Inada
I ran Into Iran | Katayoun Vaziri & Brian Zegeer
Frenchising Mona Lisa | Amir Baradaran
Machine Therapy | Kelly Dobson
Open House | Matthew Mazzotta
Micro Encounters | MIT students
Frozen Interaction | Adi Hollander
PROGRAM IN BARTOS THEATRE | 12-6pm
Cinema of Extra-Ordinary Life: Cinematic Windows to Everyday Life in the Middle East and the US
EXTERIOR PROJECT | 12-6pm
Culturdrone, by CULTURUNNERS
RECEPTION and PARTY | 6-11pm
Performances by the band Malportado Kids and DJ La Loca Lila
