Swissnex Lighten Up Symposium

To mark the U.S. premiere of Lighten Up! — a traveling exhibition originally shown at the EPFL Pavilions in Lausanne, Switzerland that explores circadian rhythms through artistic and scientific lenses — Swissnex, in collaboration with the MIT Museum, is holding a one day interdisciplinary symposium, bringing together artists, scientists and the wider community to explore themes of light, rhythm, time, sleep and perception.

Departing from the classical symposium format, the event will be enriched with artistic interventions that shift the sensory and conceptual register throughout the day, along with slow lighting transitions, rhythm-based exercises, dream writing stations and guided moments of reflection. These elements invite participants to not only talk about circadian rhythms, but to inhabit them.