Inviting
Invention at the Cambridge Science Festival
DHC collaborates with scientists and inventors
from Harvard and MIT onstage at Novartis Auditorium, April 23-26,
2007
PHOTOS BY: Deb Shafran
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SHOW
#1: "Chemistry and Collaboration" - Special Guest, Daniel
Rosenberg
SHOW #2: "Opposites Interact: Brainstorming
the Music in Science" - Special Guest, Dr. Dany Adams
SHOW #3: "Smart Designs and Renegade Instruments:
From Thinking Beds to Wearable Harps" - Special Guest, Ted
Selker
SHOW
#1 - April 23, 2007 - "Chemistry and Collaboration"
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Lecture-Demonstrator
and Performing Scientist Daniel Rosenberg joins "Inviting Invention"
as the special guest for "Chemistry and Collaboration"
-- the first of three shows at the festival.
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Rosenberg
and DHC bubble over when their experiment
comes to life during a collaborative performance. |
Rosenberg's
wife prepares to crush him
under a bed of nails -- and you thought
YOUR marriage was tough! |
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Deborah
reaches to the heavens for inspiration
during her solo portion of the night's events.
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DHC
and Rosenberg are joined by Moderator Jonathan Wyner,
who asks for observations and suggestions from the audience. |
Eager
volunteers step down from the
audience
to join the action onstage. |
SHOW
#2 - April 25, 2007 - "Opposites Interact"
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Dr.
Dany Adams, an Assistant Research Investigator at Harvard University,
joins DHC to explore the interactions between Music and Science. |
Dr.
Deborah gives a lesson on 'the anatomy of a blue harp.' |
Adams
lends a hand - two to be exact -
in a blues experiment that investigates
how music changes when taking into
account lost or added variables. |
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Deborah
takes a moment to feel the music in a solo excursion. |
An
impromptu band is put together to make spontaneous musical concoctions. |
Deborah's
littlest volunteer gets a hands-on experience. |
SHOW #3 - April 26, 2007 - "Smart
Designs and Renegade Instruments"
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Dr.
Ted Selker, Associate Professor MIT Media Lab and Director of the
Context Aware Computing Group, introduces the audience to the aspects
of his research. |
Selker
takes on the role of user as DHC becomes a harp-computer, trying to
understand commands at their most basic level to satisfy the user's
intentions. |
The
audience grabs the reigns as DHC pays close attention to their direction. |
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With
minimal, precise movements, Selker tries to get Deborah to play the
harp as if he himself were playing it - like a virtual DHC! |
Selker
gets a harp lesson the soundless way. |
The
audience comes down one-by-one to add a new layer of music in a collaborative
songmaking venture - the results: beautiful. |
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*This
program was supported in part by a grant from the Cambridge Arts
Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts
Cutural Coun cil,
a state agency, a grant from the Council for the Arts at MIT and
by Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research.
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