Johannes Goebel joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as director of the
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) in July 2002. He
holds a tenured position as professor in the Arts Department and in the
School of Architecture.
Goebel is the founding director of the Institute for Music and Acoustics at
the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany. The
ZKM is a center for art and media and a forum for international exchange
that combines art with research in engineering, science and art. Johannes
Goebel brings to EMPAC his experience as composer, producer, and mentor of
intermedia art and interdisciplinary research.
As the director for EMPAC, Goebel is working closely with the building
designers to shape the final stages of EMPAC's design, and will conceive,
implement, and manage its artistic programming.
Goebel will relate advanced technology to the arts, and work with
Rensselaer's artists in electronic media and with researchers in traditional
academic disciplines who are interested in research and scholarly
collaborations with artists.
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