On Wonder: In Plain Listen, with Jeanette Andrews (Event Replay)

This two-part event guided by celebrated artist, magician and researcher Jeanette Andrews took place at the MIT Museum on September 20, 2023.
The evening began with the Boston / ‪@mit‬ premiere of Andrews’ “In Plain Listen,” which uses a Morse-code-based musical notation system to create a musical score depicting the secret of one of the oldest pieces of magic in history purely in music form, performed in tandem with the original magic effect. MIT PhD student Valerie Chen accompanied on cello. “In Plain Listen” was originally commissioned and funded by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston.
‪@JeanetteAndrewsMagic‬ then presented pieces from her repertoire and was joined by Professor of Anthropology Graham M. Jones and Professor of Computer Science Arvind Satyanarayan in a conversation about magic, culture and visual communication.
Co-produced by MIT Anthropology, ‪@MITCSAIL‬, ‪@MITMuseumOfficial‬, and the ‪@MITDesignAcad‬.
Supported by Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

[@JamieMichelleNYC]

Beautiful performance & presentation. Such a fascinating exploration of ideas and a really interesting panel chat, too!