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The Project

Tangible Dreams is an interactive art installation where visitors can sculpt a neural network with their hands—plugging cables, turning knobs, and flipping switches to shape how the system generates mesmerizing visuals in real time. It transforms an abstract algorithm (Compositional Pattern-Producing Networks) into something physical and playful: no code, no equations—just curiosity and exploration.

Find out more in earlier posts:

• Tangible Dreams: From Neural Networks to Art Installation
• Tangible Dreams: First Demo and Plan

The Exhibition

With support from the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT), Tangible Dreams will be exhibited from August 25 to September 3, 2025 in MIT’s Stata Center; R and D commons (4th floor, 32-G409).

Images created by visitors

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