![Slow Walking in Lisbon, 1995. Film still](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RGreen_Slow_Walking_Lisbon-1172x802.jpg)
DISTACT
: is a hybrid space for news updates, announcements, archival picks, and insights related to our own work and that of our wider community.![Slow Walking in Lisbon, 1995. Film still](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/RGreen_Slow_Walking_Lisbon-1172x802.jpg)
![Zhanyi Chen, Artificial Satellite Astrology, 2023. A horoscope of Hurricane Katrina, drew using the positions of meteorological satellites instead of planets. Courtesy of the artist.](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/01_satellite_astrology-619x878.jpg)
Zhanyi Chen’s Artificial Satellite Astrology
August 22, 2023
![Christopher Joshua Benton, The Author Cooks a Bean Pie, 2022. Courtesy of Christopher Joshua Benton.](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/The-Author-Cooks-a-Bean-Pie_by-Christopher-Joshua-Benton-1-733x878.jpg)
Christopher Joshua Benton in 2023 MIT Thresholds Architectural Journal
May 2, 2023
![Renée Green. Contact. Installation view, FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, moCa Cleveland. Image: © Field Studio](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FieldStudioPhotography_Front2022_MOCA_01-1172x837.jpg)
Contact: Arcs of Relation
September 13, 2022
![Renée Green. Space Poem #1, 2007. Installation view, ICA Boston, 2021-2022. Image: Liza Voll](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/RGreen_Space_Poem_1_ICA-1172x781.jpg)
Circulating Circuits
February 17, 2022
![Nida Sinnokrot, Jonah’s Whale, 2014.
Steel, gypsum, Styrofoam, carpet, vinyl, conduit, aluminum, foam, fabric, 1200 × 480 × 240 cm. Photo: Chris Franken.](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/OH_Sinnokrot_01-1172x659.jpeg)
Office Hours: Nida Sinnokrot for Art & Education
November 23, 2021
![Aarti Sunder, Kannada Ghost Story](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Screen-Shot-2021-10-01-at-12.06.31-PM-1172x703.png)
Class of 2021: Aarti Sunder
August 30, 2021
![Po-Hao Chi’s “Performative Aramono,” 2020. Presented at Chung Hsing Cultural and Creative Park, Taiwan.](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Po-Hao-Chi_Performative-Aramono-07-1200x704-1-1172x688.jpeg)
Class of 2021: Po-Hao Chi
August 26, 2021
![Gif from video, shot in Tultepec Mexico. Chucho Ocampo’s “Expect People to be Exhausted,” 2020.](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Chucho-Ocampo_Expect-People-to-be-Exhausted-1.gif)
Class of 2021: Chucho Ocampo
August 24, 2021
![Emma Yimeng Zhu, A Pilgrimage to the Bed, 2020.](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/pilgrimage_to_bed-1172x664.jpg)
Class of 2021: Emma Yimeng Zhu 朱艺蒙
August 19, 2021
![One of the Ai Weiwei-designed buildings at the Forge Project, where Forge Fellows will work.](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Forge-Project.jpeg)
Candice Hopkins and the Forge Project in New York’s Hudson Valley
August 16, 2021
![David Robbins, Accrochage](https://act-mit-edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/robbinsbook-440x316-1.jpg)