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SHOW
#1: "Chemistry and Collaboration" - Special Guest, Daniel
Rosenberg 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
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DHC
and Rosenberg are joined by Moderator Jonathan Wyner, who asks for observations and suggestions from the audience. |
Eager
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#2 - April 25, 2007 - "Opposites Interact" (back to top) |
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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" (back to top) |
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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. |
   *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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