Selected works by local artists Sean Flood and Sophy Tuttle are now temporarily on display at 300 Binney Street. Flood and Tuttle were both selected by Broadies in a survey of the community in 2024, and have generously loaned the work for an extended exhibition for the Broad Community.

Sean Flood’s work, South Station, The One, and Underground Expressions focus on a rapidly changing urban environment. A painter of the observed, and of real situations, explored on site and finished in his studio, Flood’s paintings are connected to sound, employing marks and gestures that give shape and color to the noises and sensory experiences that surround and define his chosen subjects. 

Sophy Tuttle’s Mourning explores the complex relationships we enter into with other creatures and highlights what happens when we let fear guide our decisions. “It has a somber theme,” Tuttle writes,  but I hope it is seen as a warning that change is possible and the future can be a better place if we decide to learn from the mistakes of our past.” The Mourning Caracara is famous in ornithological circles for being one of the most stark examples of the complete eradication of another species by humans. Astute observers will note the green thread that weaves through the panels on the first floor, is continued in the sculptural installation on the third.

In addition to the temporary installation, a DNA self-portrait of Broad’s eighth artist-in-residence, Emilio Vavarella, has joined Broad Institute’s small permanent collection. 334480b7823d1d71b2bb56bc836d0c74 (The Other Shapes of Me), created in 2025, is the first self-portrait produced by Emilio Vavarella in collaboration with the Broad Institute. Starting with a sample of DNA extracted from his saliva, Vavarella processed his genetic information using custom software, creating a pixel-perfect tapestry that offers a lasting representation of the meaningful connection between its materiality and the DNA it embodies.  
 
334480b7823d1d71b2bb56bc836d0c74 is part of a cycle of works entitled The Other Shapes of Me, which began in 2020 as a research project on the origin and current applications of binary technology: from weaving to programming, algorithms, software, automation processes, up to the computation of a whole human genome.

Image caption: The One (2019) by Sean Flood.