Laser-etched vinyl disc on a turntable, showcasing processed cartographic engravings of Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis.

CURIOSITY, PLAY, INNOVATION:

International Computer Music Conference (ICMC)’s sonically powered installations at Emerson Contemporary.

We are Emerson College’s platform for showcasing contemporary visual art.

Our focus is on presenting living artists, their ideas, experiments, and creative practices in the areas of media art, performance art, and emergent technologies, while critically examining these works in their social context. Our in-depth engagement with the temporary exhibitions and related public programming is based on the principle that artistic practice is an intellectual activity and works of art are a form of knowledge production. Furthermore, we believe that art is essential in society as it creates dialog, asks questions, and brings people together. At Emerson Contemporary we believe that art, in fact, can help change society.


COMING UP NEXT

Entrainment by Shomit Barua

Entrainment is one of several installations curated by the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2025, at Emerson Contemporary. The exhibition features a series of powerful spatially relevant audio-visual pieces by a global collection of sonic artists..

June 11th – June 14th, 2025

Foresta-Inclusive: (ex)tending towards by Jane Tingley

(ex)tending towards is one of several installations curated by the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2025, at Emerson Contemporary. The exhibition features a series of powerful spatially relevant audio-visual pieces by a global collection of sonic artists..

June 11th – June 14th, 2025

Liminal by Zhitao Lin

Liminal is one of several installations curated by the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2025, at Emerson Contemporary. The exhibition features a series of powerful spatially relevant audio-visual pieces by a global collection of sonic artists..

June 11th – June 14th, 2025

MELT: the memory of ice by Betsey Biggs

MELT is one of several installations curated by the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) 2025, at Emerson Contemporary. The exhibition features a series of powerful spatially relevant audio-visual pieces by a global collection of sonic artists..

June 11th – June 14th, 2025


Just missed it

Blue sheer curtains surround a dark pool with suspended logs

Entire Nations Are Built
on Fairy Tales

At the Emerson Media Art Gallery from February 4th – March 22nd, 2025

(Un)Making AI Worlds:
Reception & Performances

Emerson Contemporary collaborates with the Data Fluencies Theatre Project in this creative interrogation of Artificial Intelligence

March 17 – 22nd at the Huret and Spector Gallery
Reception: March 18th 4-6.30 pm
Performance Activations: March 21st and 22nd

The Colors of You & Me
by Elise Guzmán

April 14 – April 17, 2025

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