Exhibition: Remembering the Future

Janet Echelman’s Remembering the Future widens our perspective in time, giving sculptural form to the history of the Earth’s climate from the last ice age to the present moment, and then branching out to visualize multiple potential futures. Constructed from colored twines and ropes that are braided, knotted and hand-spliced to create a three-dimensional form, the immersive artwork greets visitors with its grand scale presiding over the MIT Museum lobby.

This large-scale installation by 2022-2024 MIT Distinguished Visiting Artist Janet Echelman, was developed during her residency at the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST). Architect, engineer and MIT Associate Professor Caitlin Mueller collaborated on the development of the piece. For more information, click here.