Sensing Oceans
Presenting science and history alongside contemporary art—including the US debut of Marshmallow Laser Feast’s "Seeing Echoes in the Mind of the Whale"—the exhibition explores how technologies, senses, and media co-evolve to bring the oceans into view.
Exhibiting works that range from autonomous vehicles and sonar images to immersive artistic installations and robots that mimic fish, Sensing Oceans presents pieces from the MIT Museum’s collections in conversation with contemporary scientific and artistic practices. Together, these works explore how our knowledge is assembled from the sensory data of sound, light, space, temperature, and pressure; and how extending our knowledge, via technology and attention to the natural world, better equips us to understand and preserve an ecosystem that is deeply symbiotic with our own. Among the exhibit’s centerpieces are the US premiere of two large-scale installations from experiential artist collective Marshmallow Laser Feast: Seeing Echoes in the Mind of the Whale and Plankton Temple. Both works draw on current scientific research to create a multi-sensory experience of ocean life.
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Marshmallow Laser FeastVenue
MIT Museum
Category
Installation ArtStart date
September 30th, 2026
End date
February 21st, 2027
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Ages: All ages
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About Marshmallow Laser Feast
Marshmallow Laser Feast is an experiential art collective, their work reinterprets the idea of human perception and experience. Employing a wealth of creative disciplines and underpinned by research, inviting participants to navigate with a sensory perception beyond the everyday.