Claire Ogden “Remembering the Future” hangs over The MIT Museum lobby in Cambridge’s Kendall Square.

A newly commissioned artwork by Janet Echelman at the MIT Museum turns climate data into a massive soft sculpture and potentially dread-inducing information into a magical, whimsical object.

The project, called “Remembering the Future,” is nestled in the museum’s main lobby, free to view. A colorful network of knotted rope and twine hangs from the ceiling, with curved stripes of green and blue and striking pops of orange in the center.

The sculpture has two main parts. The historical data on the left traces climate from the last ice age to the present. On the right, speculative data modeling a variety of possible climate futures leads up toward the stairs. It’s mystical and somewhat sad

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