Public Programs

Join DJ, writer and broadcaster Haseeb Iqbal as he activates Devon Turnbull’s immersive sound installation HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3. Iqbal, known for his work exploring music, history and stories from around the globe, will play music specifically selected to be heard through Turnbull's large-scale, handmade audio system located in the historic Carnegie Library at Cooper Hewitt. Designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion, visitors will experience realistic, natural sound from Turnbull’s sculptures and a chance to slow down and engage deeply in listening. View full event details here.

Known under his creative pseudonym OJAS, Devon Turnbull handcrafts high-fidelity audio systems designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion. Join friends and members of the OJAS team as they activate the immersive sound installation, HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3. They will play music specifically selected to be heard through this large-scale, handmade audio system located in the historic Carnegie Library at Cooper Hewitt. Visitors will experience realistic, natural sound from Turnbull’s sculptures and a chance to slow down and engage deeply in listening. View full event details here.

Join us for a studio visit with Melitta Baumeister, the Brooklyn-based fashion design brand and winner of the 2025 National Design Award for Fashion Design. Melitta Baumeister is known for their expressively unique wearable garments that reject trends, body standards, and beauty ideals. Based on a futuristic, minimalist aesthetic, the brand’s clothing often exaggerates volume and creates sculptural silhouettes, using innovative techniques and materials to infuse the surprising, the mysterious, and the humorous of the everyday. Baumeister’s designs are intended to impact not only the wearer but also the space around them. During the visit, meet Melitta, her partner Michal Plata, and others from the studio’s team who will share the history of their interdisciplinary practice, tour their new studio, and take part in a short hands-on workshop applying the signature techniques of their work. View full event details here.

Join multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull as he activates the immersive sound installation HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3. Turnbull will play music specifically selected to be heard through his large-scale, handmade audio system located in the historic Carnegie Library at Cooper Hewitt. Designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion, visitors will experience realistic, natural sound from Turnbull’s sound sculptures and a chance to slow down and engage deeply with sound. View full event details here.

Join musician, mystic, and laughter meditation practitioner Laraaji as he activates Devon Turnbull’s immersive sound installation HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3. Laraaji will play music specifically selected to be heard through Turnbull's large-scale, handmade audio system located in the historic Carnegie Library at Cooper Hewitt. Designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion, visitors will experience realistic, natural sound from Turnbull’s sculptures and a chance to slow down and engage deeply in listening. View full event details here.

Join photographer Christopher Payne, former New York Times photography editor Kathy Ryan, and bestselling author Rachel Slade for a wide-ranging conversation around Payne’s Made in America project to document industrial manufacturing across the United States. Payne’s images show a startling diversity of companies, from a pencil factory and humanoid robot maker, to a lab that makes mirrors for astronomical telescopes. The panelists will discuss why Payne was drawn to documenting sites of industrial production in America, the importance of photography as a means of conveying the diversity of things made in the U.S. and the skilled workers who make them, and the challenges and opportunities of onshoring industrial production in the 21st century. Matilda McQuaid will moderate this discussion.   View full event details here.

Known under his creative pseudonym OJAS, Devon Turnbull handcrafts high-fidelity audio systems designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion. Join friends and members of the OJAS team as they activate the immersive sound installation, HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3. They will play music specifically selected to be heard through this large-scale, handmade audio system located in the historic Carnegie Library at Cooper Hewitt. Visitors will experience realistic, natural sound from Turnbull’s sculptures and a chance to slow down and engage deeply in listening. View full event details here.

Join multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull as he activates the immersive sound installation HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3. Turnbull will play music specifically selected to be heard through his large-scale, handmade audio system located in the historic Carnegie Library at Cooper Hewitt. Designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion, visitors will experience realistic, natural sound from Turnbull’s sound sculptures and a chance to slow down and engage deeply with sound. View full event details here.

Join multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull as he activates the immersive sound installation HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3. Turnbull will play music specifically selected to be heard through his large-scale, handmade audio system located in the historic Carnegie Library at Cooper Hewitt. Designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion, visitors will experience realistic, natural sound from Turnbull’s sound sculptures and a chance to slow down and engage deeply with sound. View full event details here.