Announcing MIT Future Fest: a new five-day festival this Fall, opening MIT’s doors to the world, inviting you to participate in the next era of science, technology, and human understanding, September 30–October 4, 2026, on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, MA.
Presented by the MIT Museum with @technologyreview and @mitdesignacademy , the inaugural edition brings together MIT President Sally Kornbluth, Paola Antonelli (@paolantonelli ), Carlo Ratti (@carlorattiassociati ), Hugh Herr (@hugh.herr ), Skylar Tibbits (@skylartibbits ), Danielle Wood (@space.enabled ), Daniel Sundlin (@danielsundlin ), Behnaz Farahi (@behnazfarahi ), Ana Rajčević (@anarajcevic_studio ), and more — closing with the beloved Cambridge Science Carnival (@cambridgesciencecarnival ).
Tickets go live in June. Sign up now at MITFutureFest.org to be first in line and unlock an early-access discount. Link in bio.
I was honored to receive a special invitation to contribute my voice in this moving body of work titled COMMUNION—a ritual of nourishment and commemoration—by my dear friend and mentor, Kenyon.
The timing of this ceremony couldn’t have been more aligned, and meeting these incredibly talented and passionate individuals provided a well of love that I didn’t know I needed.
My cup is full. Much love to you and the entire cast of brilliance behind this trilogy.
Had to make sure 2025 was over before doing a recap, also I’ve been struggling to come up with a good caption…too much happened.
So here is some of 2025, not necessarily in order.
In Acta Astronautica, Media Lab Professor Danielle Wood (@space.enabled ) and collaborators describe the use of the Environment-Vulnerability-Decision-Technology (EVDT) framework developed in Professor Wood's Space Enabled research group to track deforestation in Ghana. The results highlight how satellite data can be used to support the work led by African nations to make progress with their environmental challenges.
“You can’t improve what you can’t monitor,” Professor Wood, who holds a joint appointment in the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (@mitaeroastro ), says. “The government of Ghana invited my team and me to join them in this effort, and we were happy to do so. I’ve seen government officials work really hard to get accurate, validated data about their country and to be transparent about their findings.”
She adds, "The exciting thing is we’re able to confirm the EVDT framework works in understanding the ways humans and the physical environment affect each other. It helps governments, companies, and major actors transition from science into policy, and includes a feedback loop to see if further improvement is needed.”
Read more:
https://aeroastro.mit.edu/news-impact/to-stop-deforestation-the-solution-may-be-out-of-this-world/ or link in profile.
Photo credit: Doug Segars (@dougsegars )
Grateful for all the encounters and conversations in Lagos during the festival: grateful for the time shared, the ideas exchanged, and the bonds created. Spaces like this remind us how art can build a community that transcends borders, languages, and origins. A conscious community that chooses to think together, to try to understand the world and one another, and to open new spaces for dialogue, inclusion, and alternative perspectives. All of this is possible thanks to the bold and enlightened vision of people like @azubogu , thinking ahead of their time when first launching @lagosphotofestival
Professor Danielle Wood discusses her career, from an internship at NASA, through undergrad and grad studies at MIT, back to NASA + Johns Hopkins University, and finally to founding the Space Enabled group at the Media Lab (@space.enabled ), with a joint appointment in MIT AeroAstro (@mitaeroastro ).
Read the interview:
https://www.media.mit.edu/articles/meet-professor-danielle-wood-a-trailblazer-in-mit-s-aeroastro-department/ or link in profile.
Photo credit: Jonathan Wood
Professor Danielle Wood, who directs the Space Enabled research group at the Media Lab (@space.enabled ), and alum Dr. Joy Buolamwini (@poetofcode ), founder of the Algorithmic Justice League (@ajlunited ), are among the MIT community members featured in The Genius Within, a new public art installation in Kendall Square (Cambridge, Massachusetts).
Designed by Innovators for Purpose (@innovatorsforpurpose ) in collaboration with MIT, the 7.5-foot rotating aluminum tower at One Broadway uses mirrored panels to invite viewers to “see the genius within.” The installation not only honors the diverse innovators who helped Kendall Square become known as the most innovative square mile on the planet; it also reminds viewers that genius is not limited to a few, but alive in all of us.
https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/media-lab-community-featured-in-genius-within-installation-in-kendall-square/
Yesterday’s public opening at Ibadan was amazing!
Thank you to the artists, curators, and performers who chose to share their work with the world. Thank you to the wonderful crowd who showed up and showed a lot of love!
If you missed it, please enjoy this video and stay tuned!
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LagosPhoto 2025 continues its inquiry into how images shape the world. Under the curatorial theme Incarceration, this year’s edition examines the many forms of confinement that define contemporary life: political, digital, ecological, and psychological.
Join us as LagosPhoto 2025 turns the act of seeing into an act of reflection, resistance, and renewal.
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#lagosphotofestival #lagos #lagosphoto25 #visualpolitics
#photographyasaddress #powerofimages #assumedviewer
#ideologicalframing #criticalvisualpractice #alternativepublics
#visualagency #reflexiveimagery #politicsofrepresentation
Public Opening Pt. 4 at Ibadan!
Sea you all at New Culture Studio.
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LagosPhoto opens today at New Culture Studios, Ibadan, marking the fourth public event in this year’s expansive festival program.
The event features a compelling choreopoem performance by Dr. Danielle Wood (@space.enabled ), merging movement, poetry, and performance theory to embody the emotional and spatial dimensions of confinement.
Following the discussions, guests will be guided through curated exhibition tours, offering an intimate encounter with the visual works that anchor LagosPhoto’s 2025 theme.
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LagosPhoto 2025 continues its inquiry into how images shape the world. Under the curatorial theme Incarceration, this year’s edition examines the many forms of confinement that define contemporary life: political, digital, ecological, and psychological.
Join us as LagosPhoto 2025 turns the act of seeing into an act of reflection, resistance, and renewal.
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#lagosphotofestival #lagos #lagosphoto25 #visualpolitics
#photographyasaddress #powerofimages #assumedviewer
#ideologicalframing #criticalvisualpractice #alternativepublics
#visualagency #reflexiveimagery #politicsofrepresentation
LagosPhoto opens today at New Culture Studios, Ibadan. This marks the fourth public event in this year’s expansive festival program. Beginning at 4 PM at @newculturestu , this launch gathers the public to explore the intersections between architecture, incarceration, and the human condition—a thematic inquiry into how physical and ideological structures shape freedom, memory, and resistance.
The event features a compelling choreopoem performance by Dr. Danielle Wood, merging movement, poetry, and performance theory to embody the emotional and spatial dimensions of confinement.
Following the discussions, guests will be guided through curated exhibition tours, offering an intimate encounter with the visual works that anchor LagosPhoto’s 2025 theme. Each image, installation, and performance collectively articulates a dialogue about captivity and liberation.
This event situates Ibadan as a vital node in the expanding geography of African photographic discourse, asserting the power of visual art as both witness and catalyst in the ongoing negotiation between identity, justice, and collective memory.
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LagosPhoto 2025 continues its inquiry into how images shape the world. Under the curatorial theme Incarceration, this year’s edition examines the many forms of confinement that define contemporary life: political, digital, ecological, and psychological.
Join us as LagosPhoto 2025 turns the act of seeing into an act of reflection, resistance, and renewal.
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#lagosphotofestival #lagos #lagosphoto25 #visualpolitics
#photographyasaddress #powerofimages #assumedviewer
#ideologicalframing #criticalvisualpractice #alternativepublics
#visualagency #reflexiveimagery #politicsofrepresentation
