What is Your Light?
What is Your Light? transforms the MIT Chapel into a living canvas of light, sound, and reflection. Visitors are invited to first strike a tam-tam, activating lanterns of light on the building and sending ripples of sound across the Kresge Oval. Then, participants can embark on an immersive and interactive journey through the chapel. A live performance and art installations invite reflection on one’s grounding principles and sources of inspiration.
An annual project presented by the MIT Office of Religious, Spiritual and Ethical Life (ORSEL) in partnership with RealTalk@MIT, we offer a journey for sound and sight, welcoming both interaction and observational meditation.
The 2026 program will feature performing artists Maria Finkelmeier with Amelia Hollander Ames and visual artist Supreetha Krishnan. The event will also highlight the work of students from the Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts program.
Throughout the evening, What is Your Light? celebrates the values, stories, and visions that guide our community.
Free and open to the public.
2025 Cast: Greg Jukes, Bob Schulz, Maria Finkelmeier & Matthew Lau