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The Center for Advanced Visual Studies is a community for contemporary art in the School of
Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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 In July 2005, CUP was invited by the Center's artistic advisory board to produce a new project over the next two years. More_
 Visiting artist and writer David Robbins will talk about “high entertainment” at the Center, Wednesday November 7 2007. More_
"The Center’s role at MIT is one of generous host, coupled with an intuitive sense of what might interest a visitor or whom might spark a productive relationship with whom. Their potential seems to exist somewhere between the role of ‘knowing janitors’, unlocking doors to new ideas and experiences, as ‘deal brokers’, negotiating access and as ‘intellectual cupids’, cementing collaborations and friendships."
Simon Starling, 2005-6 visiting artist, 2007-8 research affiliate 
 Center 2007–8 Fellow Dr. John Bell is a puppeteer, scholar, and teacher whose interests combine practice and theory. More_
Thank You_
The National Endowment for the Arts The MAP Fund The LEF Foundation The Massachusetts Cultural Council The Milton & Sally Avery Foundation The Arts Council at MIT 
Fall 2007 Visitors and events_
Dr. John Bell, David Reinfurt, ASPECT Magazine, David Robbins, Jessica Rylan
"The idea of 'engineering chance encounters' is very popular today in both architecture and urban planning -- if you somehow plan people’s courses so they’ll bump into each other, imaginative thoughts that would not have occurred to them otherwise can and will. One thing about university life is the siloization -- like grain silos -- where everyone is so over-taxed looking after their own turf it's very hard to look across to the next silo. Universities need to build organizations that counteract the effects of siloization. And for the MIT campus, CAVS does that in a way that is efficient and wildly productive. The arts are the draw, but a very interesting cross-section of the MIT intellectual life attends those events.”
Bill Arning, Curator, List Visual Arts Center |
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