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The evening begins 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 accompanies on cello. “In Plain Listen” was originally commissioned and funded by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston.

A performed dialogue about the evolution of magic as a performance form follows.

Jeanette then presents pieces from her repertoire and is joined by Professor of Anthropology Graham M. Jones and Professor of Computer Science Arvind Satyanarayan in a conversation about magic, culture and visual communication.

Jeanette also offers a workshop on Thursday 21, 10am-12pm.

Co-produced by MIT Anthropology, MIT CSAIL, and Morningside Academy for Design. Supported by Amar G. Bose Research Grants.

In Plain Listen was originally commissioned and funded by the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts at the University of Houston.

$15 General Public
$5 MIT ID holders

Ages 16+

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