Winter term, Independent Activities Period (IAP), MIT, January 2007.

Sponge is an experience in total immersion. During each of the four "absorb-a-thon" days one theme will be investigated in depth. The workshop will string together reef ecology, Mongolian craft, art & industry, and the notion of utopia. You will see four films (maybe 5), go on two field trips (one to an aquarium and one to a museum), make a pair of wool- felt shoes, and read at least one manifesto. In keeping with the model of sponge reproduction, you will leave the workshop prepared to lead a Sponge of your own.

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Photo credits: Hope Ginsburg, Sponge participants, Judy Daniels