Located ground floor lobby.

“Act.No.06: 1001 Nights in Zanzibar”
Asma Khoshmehr

Interactive installation incorporating 3D LiDAR laser scanning and real-time interaction

Contributor: Louie McGill

An interactive installation that uncovers the silenced stories of forced marriages and political persecution following the Zanzibar Revolution of 1964. The work explores a 1971 presidential decree that allowed officials to forcibly marry underage girls, including many women in the artist’s family. These policies led to deportation, imprisonment, confiscation of family properties, and decades of silence about the trauma endured. Asma, the first in her generation to uncover this hidden history, conducted years of research, discovering the secret stories of many women in her family impacted by these events. She traveled across Tanzania, Kenya, Oman, UAE, and Iran to gather testimonies, family documents, and archival records, piecing together her family’s survival through forced marriages, captivity, and eventual escape.

Located on the RJO Theater Stage 6:00pm - 7:00pm.

Daniel Pillis is an interdisciplinary researcher and artist specializing in generative AI, social robots, mixed reality, and interactive computer graphics. 

Daniel and his Emerson students are taking over the RJO stage from 6:00pm - 7:00pm to present a multi media installation series. Artworks will be from Daniel and his 9 students: Avery Cather, Bea Downey, Ella Moss, Emery Frost, Liam Smith, Sophie Dodd, Tim Belyavskey, & Yuxiao Yao.

Located on 2nd floor lobby.

Lina Maria Giraldo is a Colombian-born, Boston-based designer, interactive media artist, and storyteller with a Co-design, Civic Media, Art, and Technology background. 

She is currently an Assistant Professor of Data Visualization at the Journalism Department at Emerson College. Her work focuses on interactive storytelling for social change through immersive tools and research. With a diverse body of work, ranging from digital educational tools, data visualization, grassroots storytelling, public installations, and screen-based computer-generated work, Lina’s work explores questions related to identity, including a focus on Latino and Haitian experiences in the US; the environmental impact of consumption including projects focusing on e-waste; and the extinction of birds through the power of collective storytelling. Over the last 15 years, her work has focused on creating messages where she portrays our environment’s fragility, community, equality, and immigration concerns. She likes to think of her work as a visual tool with an educational and civic purpose.

Located on 4th floor.

“Korobeiniki”
Created by MASARY

MIDI notes and architecture meet in a musical conversation without sound. This study in rhythm, melody and harmony is an extension of MASARY's interests in perception as related to audio - visual relationships.

MASARY is a Boston-based, artist‑owned collective founded in 2015. They’re a transdisciplinary studio reimagining environments through immersive, site-specific installations that blend sound, light, interactivity, and performance. From percussion-driven live shows and electronic music production to projection‑mapped visuals and material fabrication, their work merges artistic research with cutting‑edge technology and media expressions.