Layers of Place: MIT Symposium

Drawing on MIT’s legacy of media innovation and its deep commitment to open and accessible information, theMIT Open Documentary Labbrings storytellers, technologists, and scholars together to explore new documentary forms with a particular focus on collaborative, interactive, and immersive storytelling.

MIT Open Documentary Lab

Join the MIT Open Documentary Lab for two evenings of discussions about Augmented Reality as a tool for art, voice and resistance.

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<h2>Layers of Place: MIT Symposium</h2> April 7: Augmented Reality as Art, Voice and ResistanceIn conjunction with the MIT Open Documentary Lab’s AR and Public Space Artist Collective’s exhibition, Layers of Place: MIT, this interdisciplinary panel explores how artists and communities are using augmented reality to reveal the layers of histories, stories, and perspectives of place. How can AR make the invisible visible?From the perspective of a curator, technologist, community leader, artist, and scholar, we will hear how artists and communities co-create with AR as an artistic medium and a tool of resistance to reclaim narratives of place. How can AR be used to find commonalities between communities, to bridge divides, and to see multiple perspectives? How can site-specific work move beyond? What are the limitations of an invisible medium like AR — and how might its discreet nature also open new pathways for resistance and storytelling?Panelists:<ul><li>Leonie Bradbury, Distinguished Curator-in-Residence, Emerson College, moderator</li><li>Gediminas Urbonas, Associate Professor, Art, Culture, and Technology, MIT</li><li>Lori Landay, Artist, Layers of Place: MIT - Moving Memory</li><li>Meghna Singh, Artist, Layers of Place: MIT - The Fovnders Pillars</li><li>Michael Dawson, Co-founder and CEO, Innovators for Purpose</li><li>Nicolas Robbe, CEO, Hoverlay</li></ul> April 8: Layers of Place: A dialogue with the MIT Open Documentary Lab AR and Public Space Artist CollectiveThe MIT Open Documentary Lab's AR and Public Space Artist Collective presents Layers of Place, a multiyear exploration of how digital augmentation reshapes our understanding of space, place, and shared histories.Through Hoverlay, a location-based mobile AR app, MIT's landscape becomes an evolving canvas for urban annotation, bridging personal, communal, and historical experiences and revealing hidden stories and new perspectives. Hear from the artists who created the exhibit about their intent, process, and discoveries. What did they learn about digital augmentation as a tool for collective dialogue, imagination, and resistance? How do the pluralities of perspectives and layered realities complicate our relationship to place and provoke a new understanding of place and each other?Panelists:<ul><li>Nadav Assor, Humble Monuments</li><li>Rashin Fahandej, Humble Monuments</li><li>Sahar Sajadieh, Paper Boat</li><li>Lori Landay, Moving Memory</li><li>Meghna Singh, The Fovnders Pillars</li><li>Danny Goldfield, 1 to Infinity: MIT</li><li>Halsey Burgund, Artist, Technologist</li><li>Sarah Wolozin, Moderator</li></ul> Symposium Schedule:🕔 5:00–6:00 PM | Guided Tour of Layers of Place: MIT AR Exhibition (with artists)🥗 6:00–6:30 PM | Reception with light refreshments.🎙️ 6:30–8:00 PM | Evening Panels Location: MIT E15-001 | ACT Cube/Blackbox Theatre <h3>🧭 Exhibit Tours: April 7–18</h3>Explore all 7 AR installations across MIT’s campus through guided daily tours. Each tour lasts an hour.👉 Learn more and sign up here: <a href="https://opendoclab.mit.edu/presents/layers-place-mit-augmented-reality-exhibition/" title="https://opendoclab.mit.edu/presents/layers-place-mit-augmented-reality-exhibition/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://opendoclab.mit.edu/presents/layers-place-mit-augmented-reality-exhibition/</a>

Agenda

Experience the AR exhibit with the artists and  organizers of Layers of Place: MIT.

Guided Tour of AR Exhibit

Light refreshments will be provided during the reception.

Reception

April 7: Augmented Reality as Art, Voice and Resistance.     |     April 8: Layers of Place: A dialogue with the MIT Open Documentary Lab AR and Public Space Artist Collective

Evening Panel Discussion

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