An Interactive Lighting Installation Powered By Creative Coding.
MIT Illuminations is an ongoing experiment in creative computation at the MIT Welcome Center. The lights dynamically illuminating the center are, like the MIT community, colorful, ever-changing, and alive.
They were inspired by a long history of the MIT community deploying creative installations of colorful lights in dormitories, on bridges and buildings, and around campus.
Meanwhile, the software driving the lights is published under the open-source MIT license, so anyone in the world can learn how to make their own.
Learn More About MIT Illuminations
Introducing MIT Illuminations at the Welcome CenterMIT Admissions Blog“MIT Illuminations,” a colorful installation and introduction to creative computation, is now open in Kendall SquareMIT NewsInstructions for Setting Up Illuminations at HomeLearn.Illuminations
Who Made MIT Illuminations
MIT Illuminations is a collaboration between MIT Admissions, mitadmissions.org MIT Open Space Programmingwhereis.mit.edu, and SOSOsosolimited.com. The software controlling the lights is publishedgithub.com under the MIT Licensewikipedia.org.
Each light show is developed in partnership with MIT students, faculty, staff, and/or community partners.
MIT is committed to providing an environment that is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Learn more about our commitment to accessibility at accessibility.mit.eduaccessibility.mit.edu.