• PERFORMANCEBrent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist Brent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALFilament: A festival of new work in performance, visual arts, sound, and media Filament: A festival of new work in performance, visual arts, sound, and media
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer(c) Peter Aaron / Esto (c) Peter Aaron / Esto
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer(c) Peter Aaron / Esto (c) Peter Aaron / Esto
  • SCREENINGLars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema Lars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema
  • SCREENINGAlexander Sokurov, Cinematic Chimera: Russian Ark / Image: courtesy of Seville Pictures Alexander Sokurov, Cinematic Chimera: Russian Ark / Image: courtesy of Seville Pictures
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCESean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: (c) Jacob Rushing Sean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: (c) Jacob Rushing
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer(c) Peter Aaron / Esto (c) Peter Aaron / Esto
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • PERFORMANCEA Light Conversation / Image: (c) Christian Glaus A Light Conversation / Image: (c) Christian Glaus
  • SCREENING, INSTALLATIONFilament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • SCREENING, INSTALLATIONFilament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • SCREENINGAlexander Sokurov, Cinematic Chimera: Russian Ark / Image: courtesy of Seville Pictures Alexander Sokurov, Cinematic Chimera: Russian Ark / Image: courtesy of Seville Pictures
  • TALKMark Changizi, Johannes Goebel, and David Rothenberg, Music - Language - Sound and Nature / Image: (c) Andrea Galvani Mark Changizi, Johannes Goebel, and David Rothenberg, Music - Language - Sound and Nature / Image: (c) Andrea Galvani
  • PERFORMANCELatitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci Latitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci
  • PERFORMANCEBrent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist Brent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist
  • FESTIVALJesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson Jesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson
  • SCREENINGAlexander Sokurov, Cinematic Chimera: Russian Ark / Image: courtesy of Seville Pictures Alexander Sokurov, Cinematic Chimera: Russian Ark / Image: courtesy of Seville Pictures
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALSusanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Susanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEGeorg Friedrich Haas: In Vain Georg Friedrich Haas: In Vain
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • SCREENING, INSTALLATIONFilament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCESean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist Sean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEA Light Conversation / Image: (c) Ryutoro Mishima A Light Conversation / Image: (c) Ryutoro Mishima
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • SCREENINGLars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema Lars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • SCREENING, INSTALLATIONFilament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • SCREENINGLars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema Lars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer(c) Peter Aaron / Esto (c) Peter Aaron / Esto
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEA Light Conversation / Image: (c) Christian Glaus A Light Conversation / Image: (c) Christian Glaus
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • FESTIVALSusanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Susanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Volkmar Klien: Relative Realities / Image: (c) Andreas Gartner Filament: Volkmar Klien: Relative Realities / Image: (c) Andreas Gartner
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan
  • PERFORMANCEA Light Conversation / Image: (c) Heinz Peter Knes A Light Conversation / Image: (c) Heinz Peter Knes
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALSusanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Susanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Chani Bockwinkel Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Chani Bockwinkel
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan
  • FESTIVALJesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson Jesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson
  • PERFORMANCESean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: (c) Jacob Rushing Sean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: (c) Jacob Rushing
  • PERFORMANCE, TALKRobert Henke / Image: courtesy of the artist Robert Henke / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELatitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Ryan Jensen, Jensen Studios NYC Latitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Ryan Jensen, Jensen Studios NYC
  • PERFORMANCE, TALKRobert Henke / Image: courtesy of the artist Robert Henke / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEGeorg Friedrich Haas: In Vain Georg Friedrich Haas: In Vain
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Kevin Kwan
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ RensselaerLooking up the Curtain Wall on North side of Concert Hall Looking up the Curtain Wall on North side of Concert Hall
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist
  • PERFORMANCEBrent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist Brent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist
  • PERFORMANCEBrent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist Brent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist
  • SCREENING, INSTALLATIONFilament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: DANCE MOViES Commission 2009-2010 Premieres / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ RensselaerFabric ceiling in Concert Hall Fabric ceiling in Concert Hall
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Tim Knox Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Tim Knox
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELatitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci Latitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci
  • FESTIVALSusanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Susanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist
  • PERFORMANCESean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist Sean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELatitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Ryan Jensen, Jensen Studios NYC Latitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Ryan Jensen, Jensen Studios NYC
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEGeorg Friedrich Haas: In Vain Georg Friedrich Haas: In Vain
  • PERFORMANCELatitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci Latitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci
  • TALKMark Changizi, Johannes Goebel, and David Rothenberg, Music - Language - Sound and Nature / Image: (c) Anna Koivisto Mark Changizi, Johannes Goebel, and David Rothenberg, Music - Language - Sound and Nature / Image: (c) Anna Koivisto
  • SCREENINGLars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema Lars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema
  • PERFORMANCELatitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci Latitude 14, Red Fly/Blue Bottle / Image: (c) Pierre Borasci
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • FESTIVALSusanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Susanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera: Abacus / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ RensselaerFabric ceiling in Concert Hall Fabric ceiling in Concert Hall
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ RensselaerConcert Hall Exterior between North and South Blocks Concert Hall Exterior between North and South Blocks
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer(c) Peter Aaron / Esto (c) Peter Aaron / Esto
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Volkmar Klien: Relative Realities / Image: (c) Andreas Gartner Filament: Volkmar Klien: Relative Realities / Image: (c) Andreas Gartner
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Chani Bockwinkel Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Chani Bockwinkel
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALJesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson Jesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist Filament: BalletLab: Miracle / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEBrent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist Brent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist
  • PERFORMANCESean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist Sean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • SCREENINGLars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema Lars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: (c) Leland Brewster
  • PERFORMANCEFilament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Chani Bockwinkel Filament: Yanira Castro: Wilderness / Image: (c) Chani Bockwinkel
  • SCREENINGLars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema Lars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema
  • FESTIVALSusanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Susanna Hertrich, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEBrent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist Brent Green, Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then / Image: courtesy the artist
  • FESTIVALJesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson Jesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Johann KÅ¡nig Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Johann KÅ¡nig
  • PERFORMANCE, FESTIVALFilament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists Filament: MTAA: All Raise This Barn / Image: courtesy of the artists
  • SCREENINGLars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema Lars von Trier, Cinematic Chimera: Dancer in the Dark / Image: courtesy of New Line Cinema
  • PERFORMANCESean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist Sean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALJesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson Jesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson
  • FESTIVALJesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson Jesper Just, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy Galleri Christina Wilson
  • PERFORMANCESean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist Sean Griffin: Cold Spring / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • FESTIVALJordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist Jordan Wolfson, Uncertain Spectator / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELaurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist Laurie Anderson, Delusion / Image: courtesy the artist
  • PERFORMANCE, TALKRobert Henke / Image: courtesy of the artist Robert Henke / Image: courtesy of the artist
  • EMPAC - The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ RensselaerLevel 5 (Cafe Level) entrance to Concert Hall Looking North towards curtain wall Level 5 (Cafe Level) entrance to Concert Hall Looking North towards curtain wall
  • PERFORMANCEA Light Conversation / Image: (c) Christian Glaus A Light Conversation / Image: (c) Christian Glaus

FALL 2010

EMPAC invites you to browse the Fall 2010 calendar of events and enjoy imagining yourself at some of the upcoming performances, exhibitions, workshops, talks, screenings, and concerts that will be taking place. You are particularly encouraged to attend events where you may not know what to expect — where you are guaranteed a novel experience of something you might not have known existed.

With the opening of Evelyn's Café at EMPAC under the management of The Epicurean, the building will now also be an inviting social space where events and ideas can be discussed over a meal, snack, or cup of coffee. Likewise, the cafe now makes it possible to stop by EMPAC even when events are not happening to enjoy it as a lofty architectural environment and peruse the ongoing art installations installed in the public spaces of the building.

Among the many highlights this fall is Filament, EMPAC's new biennial festival showcasing over 15 premieres of works developed within our walls. In line with our tradition of crossing boundaries, this festival will present a dazzling mix of programming where the unexpected is the expected. There will be plenty of new experiences available over the first weekend of October — plan on seeing them all!

We look forward to seeing you around the building — for upcoming events, browsing an exhibition, or simply for a cup of coffee at Evelyn's Café.

Johannes Goebel
Director



FALL 2010 Calendar:

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Ongoing exhibitions:

EMPAC series:

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Monolake

Berlin based composer and sound artist Robert Henke (Ableton / Monolake) will provide insight into his artistic approach, present new works, and perform a multichannel audiovisual concert together with visual artist Tarik Barri.

10/06 4 PM — Live Performance in the Age of Super Computers

10/06 7 PM — Live. Max. Max for Live. What is it Good for?

10/07 8 PM — Monolake Live Surround

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Cinematic Chimaera

Presenting works that strive for a radical synthesis of artistic genres, reviving the notion of the gesamtkunstwerk, or total artwork. United by their integration of theater, dance, music, architecture, literature, and visual art, these films also realize the gesamtkustwerk’s technological imperative by making use of advanced cinematic techniques.

10/28 — Russian Ark

11/18 — Dancer in the Dark

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Observer Effects

Invites thinkers to present their highly integrative work in dialogue with the fields of art and science. This lecture series takes its title from a popularized principle in physics that holds that the act of observation transforms the observed. Outside the natural sciences, the idea that the observer and the observed are linked in a web of reciprocal modification has been deeply influential in philosophy, aesthetics, psychology, and politics.

11/03 — Music — Language — Sound and Nature

Student Life @ EMPAC:

PERFORMANCE
10/16 @ 8:00PM
A Cappella Extravaganza
VOX Audio with RMA
Presented by: RAA

CONCERT
10/23 — Rensselaer Music Association Family Weekend Concert
Presented by the Rensselaer Music Association and the Rensselaer Union Classical Concert Series

CONCERT
11/17 — Rensselaer Contemporary Music Ensemble
Presented by the Rensselaer Union Classical Concert Series

CONCERT
12/04 — Rensselaer Symphony Orchestra & Concert Choir
Presented by the Rensselaer Music Association and the Rensselaer Union Classical Concert Series

Campus @ EMPAC:

PERFORMANCE
09/08 — North South Currents: Bogota/Troy/Guelph
Presented by: Arts Department

EXHIBITION
09/14-09/16 — Blindfield Production, Installation, Performance class project, in collaboration with sound artist Francisco Lopez
Presented by: School of Architecture + Rensselaer Arts Department

TALK
10/13 — Philip Beesley: Abject Fertility: Liminal Responsive Architectures
Presented by: School of Architecture

TALK
10/15 — 175th Anniversary of Civil Engineering Colloquy
Presented by Rensselaer

PERFORMANCE
10/16 — A Cappella Extravaganza
Presented by Rensselaer

TALK
10/18 — Tom Wiscombe / Emergent: Composite Assemblies
Presented by: School of Architecture

PERFORMANCE
10/20 — Nao Bustamante: Silver & Gold
Presented by: Arts Department

TALK
10/25 — Jose Oubrerié: Architecture with and without Le Corbusier
Presented by: School of Architecture

TALK
10/27 — Brigette Shim / Shim-Sutcliffe Architects: Testing Ideas
Presented by: School of Architecture

SCREENING
10/27 @ 8:00PM
Paradox Rules: Videos by Joshua Thorson
Presented by: Arts Department

TALK
11/01 — Weiss / Manfredi: Sequence / Sections
Presented by: School of Architecture

TALK
11/08 — Thom Mayne / mOrphosis Architects: QUESTIONS (On the Continuity of Contradiction)
Presented by: School of Architecture

Community @ EMPAC:

CONCERT with FILM
11/06 — Albany Pro Musica: Voices of Light & The Passion of Joan of Arc
Presented by Albany Pro Musica


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EMPAC 2010-2011 presentations, residencies, and commissions are supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts (with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust), and the New York State Council for the Arts. Special thanks to the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts for support of artist commissions.