The Space of All Possible Rhythms at MIT

Elan Barenholtz (Florida Atlantic University), Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Nick Montfort (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Addy Cha (Ekkolápto Research)

DETAILS:

• Join us at MIT on July 17 at 4PM ET for an in-person salon + Q&A on bridging the worlds of music theory, complex systems, and rap as we explore the combinatorial space of all possible rhythms and rhymes, and how rhythms are measured and perceived across different kinds of minds and languages.

• Food and beverages provided :)

• More info for this event on: https://luma.com/rapmit

SPEAKERS:

• Professor Elan Barenholtz (FAU Center for Complex Systems + Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab) [X, Substack, YouTube]

• Professor Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco (Grammy Winner, Henry Crown Fellow, MIT MLK Visiting Professor)

• Professor Nick Montfort (MIT + TropeTank) [Site]

• Professor Michael Levin (The Levin Lab @ Tufts) [YouTube, Substack, X]

ITINERARY:  Please arrive ON TIME!

• 4PM to 4:40PM: Check-in + Networking + Cyphers

• 4:40PM to 4:50PM: Opening from MIT Rap Club + MIT Verzuz Record Label

• 4:50PM to 5:30PM: Michael Levin on "The Platonic Space of Music and Language" + Q&A [KEYNOTE]

• 5:30PM to 7PM: Elan Barenholtz, Nick Montfort, Wasalu Jaco on "The Space of All Possible Rhythms (And Rhymes)" + Q&A [PANEL]

• 7PM to 8PM: Networking + Discussion

HOSTED + SUPPORTED BY: 

• Addy Cha (Founder @ Ekkolapto.org, O'Shaughnessy Ventures Fellow, FAU Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab/Center for Complex Systems)

• Evan Cole (Founder @ CodeSchool in a Box)

• Tori Husain (Building Artistic Experiences that Merge Worlds & Create New Ideas. + International Strategist-Artist + Harvard Divinity MDiv) torihusain.com

• MIT Rap Club (Instagram)

• Previous Ekkolápto hackathons, salons, podcasts, and dinners at MIT, UT Austin, FAU, Harvard, Augmentation Lab, Frontier Tower SF, DC/Maryland, NYC, University of Toronto, Akatos House, University of Waterloo, Harvard St. Commons.

PREVIOUS EVENTS:

• 2024 Longevity & Unconventional Computing Research Hackathon at MIT Media Lab, featuring Stephen Wolfram, David Sinclair, Curt Jaimungal, and more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5dPSW_KkniuHpoLwlzkYcxhxn50Mn0T

• Past Polymath Salons and discussions are uploaded for you to watch on the Ekkolápto channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ekkolapto3

• Polymath Salon at UT Austin with Professor Scott Aaronson on the Philosophy of Computational Complexity:

• Polymath Salon at University of Toronto with Michael Levin, Andrés Gómez Emilsson, and Elan Barenholtz on the Binding Problem and Platonic Spaces: