INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART The center reopens on Sunday in a new setting overlooking Boston Harbor, and with four inaugural shows. (photo Iwan Baan)

The theater in the institute has the Boston Harbor as a backdrop, though a curtain can be drawn to shut out the view. (photo Peter Vanderwarker)

The media center in the new Institute of Contemporary Art angles downward, offering a striking view of the water outside and creating shifting moods as the view changes. (photo Iwan Baan)