A guided walk through the centuries of a historic landscape designed by Frederick Law Olmsted with stop at artist Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog x Canopy. Hear the story of how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed an area of polluted waterways and mudflats into a scenic fens and the later 20th century revisions that resulted in the landscape we see today.
Discover Fog x FLO with kids in family drop-in activities at the Arnold Arboretum's Fog x Hill sculpture. September 15th: Drop in for a Hydrophobic Lab to find out how fog interacts with other elements (Ages 8 and up) October 6th: Story Time and, for extra fun, Hide & Seek in the Fog (Ages 3-8) October 28th: Engineering in the Fog: make your […]
In Beau Kenyon's the SOUND (if trees were water), dancers will be costumed in sculptural, sound-emitting pieces as they move around and through the audience, enveloping them in the spoken words of teenage immigrants woven together with an original sound score and under a blanket of Nakaya's ethereal fog sculpture.
This sound composition by Neil Leonard pays tribute to the visionary concepts of Fujiko Nakaya and the sonic imagination of Duke Ellington. The work revisits selected themes by Ellington including Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Kissing Mist and Atmosphere (Moon Mist).
Our landscape and public spaces are changing fast and so is how we look at them. And not only us. Can one visit a place without ever being in it? Only through the Cloud? Ofri Cnaani's No Data is an Island is a collaborative encounter that is informed by current reviewing and sharing tourist economies that […]
This sound composition by Neil Leonard pays tribute to the visionary concepts of Fujiko Nakaya and the sonic imagination of Duke Ellington. The work revisits selected themes by Ellington including Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Kissing Mist and Atmosphere (Moon Mist).
Particles in our atmosphere, whether from the natural environment or from human-built engines, affect climate in ways we don’t yet fully understand. MIT Professor Dan Cziczo will speak of particles and clouds in our atmosphere and how climate is influenced by them.
Volunteer to help care for the roses. Training, tools and gloves supplied. Pre-registration required.
Please note: This event has been cancelled due to heavy rain and a flash flood warning from the remnants of Hurricane Florence. We apologize for the inconvenience, and welcome you to sign up for one of our other tour offerings, available through our calendar. Join us as we leave the workday far behind and meander […]
This sound composition by Neil Leonard pays tribute to the visionary concepts of Fujiko Nakaya and the sonic imagination of Duke Ellington. The work revisits selected themes by Ellington including Lady of the Lavender Mist, The Kissing Mist and Atmosphere (Moon Mist).
