• PERFORMANCEWally Cardona & Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT / Image courtesy of Paula Court Wally Cardona & Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT / Image courtesy of Paula Court
  • TALK: OBSERVER EFFECTSLeslie Vosshall: Bitten: Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People and Not Others / Image courtesy of the artist Leslie Vosshall: Bitten: Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People and Not Others / Image courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCE: QUOTE UNQUOTEJem Cohen: We Have An Anchor / Image courtesy of the artist Jem Cohen: We Have An Anchor / Image courtesy of the artist
  • TALK: OBSERVER EFFECTSLisa Cartwright + Christina Lammer: Empathography: The Art of Clinical Intimacy / Image courtesy of Christina Lammer Lisa Cartwright + Christina Lammer: Empathography: The Art of Clinical Intimacy / Image courtesy of Christina Lammer
  • SCREENING: THE ETERNAL RETURNBefore Sunrise / Richard Linklater (1995) Before Sunrise / Richard Linklater (1995)
  • TALKMarco Iacoboni: Mirror Neurons and Our Capacity for Empathy / Image courtesy of Sebastian Kaulitzki Marco Iacoboni: Mirror Neurons and Our Capacity for Empathy / Image courtesy of Sebastian Kaulitzki
  • PERFORMANCEOliveros at 80 / Image courtesy of Vinciane Verguethen Oliveros at 80 / Image courtesy of Vinciane Verguethen
  • PERFORMANCEmusicFabrik / Image courtesy of the artist musicFabrik / Image courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEColin Stetson + Tyshawn Sorey / Image courtesy of the artist Colin Stetson + Tyshawn Sorey / Image courtesy of the artist
  • SCREENING: THE ETERNAL RETURNVertigo / Alfred Hitchcock (1958) Vertigo / Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
  • WORK IN PROGRESSRodrigo Pardo + Bárbara Foulkes: Tethered: Vertical Performance / Image courtesy of Moisés Regla - edited by Barbara Foulkes Rodrigo Pardo + Bárbara Foulkes: Tethered: Vertical Performance / Image courtesy of Moisés Regla - edited by Barbara Foulkes
  • TALK: OBSERVER EFFECTSJohn D. Barrow : Better than a Thousand Words / Image courtesy of the artist John D. Barrow : Better than a Thousand Words / Image courtesy of the artist
  • DETAIL VIEW: CAMPUS PERSPECTIVESZbigniew Oksiuta: A Biological Future? / Image courtesy of the artist Zbigniew Oksiuta: A Biological Future? / Image courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCELucky Dragons: Actual Reality / Image courtesy of the artist Lucky Dragons: Actual Reality / Image courtesy of the artist
  • SCREENING: QUOTE UNQUOTEonedotzero: poemetrics / Seiichi Hishikawae, Thank You World onedotzero: poemetrics / Seiichi Hishikawae, 'Thank You World'
  • PERFORMANCEAnnie Dorsen: Hello Hi There / Image courtesy of W. Silveri/Steirischer Herbst Annie Dorsen: Hello Hi There / Image courtesy of W. Silveri/Steirischer Herbst
  • EXHIBITION + TALKRyan + Trevor Oakes / Image courtesy of the artist Ryan + Trevor Oakes / Image courtesy of the artist
  • SCREENING: THE ETERNAL RETURNLast Year at Marienbad / Alain Resnais (1961) Last Year at Marienbad / Alain Resnais (1961)
  • SCREENINGonedotzero_adventures in motion: wow + flutter 11 & wavelength 11 / Jimmy Yuan - Shift onedotzero_adventures in motion: wow + flutter 11 & wavelength 11 / Jimmy Yuan - Shift
  • PERFORMANCE: QUOTE UNQUOTE Jean-François Peyret: RE: Walden / Photo by Marikel Lahana Jean-François Peyret: RE: Walden / Photo by Marikel Lahana
  • EXHIBITION: QUOTE UNQUOTEBen Rubin: A Shakespeare Accelerator: Experiments in Kinetic Language / Image courtesy of the artist Ben Rubin: A Shakespeare Accelerator: Experiments in Kinetic Language / Image courtesy of the artist
  • TALK: OBSERVER EFFECTSJonathan Sterne: MP3: A Hundred-Year History of an 19-Year-Old Format in Under an Hour / Image courtesy of the artist Jonathan Sterne: MP3: A Hundred-Year History of an 19-Year-Old Format in Under an Hour / Image courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCETalea Ensemble: Music of Fausto Romitelli / Image courtesy of the artist Talea Ensemble: Music of Fausto Romitelli / Image courtesy of the artist
  • EXHIBITION: QUOTE UNQUOTEJennifer + Kevin McCoy: Index / Image courtesy of the artist Jennifer + Kevin McCoy: Index / Image courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEJohn Zorn / Image courtesy of the artist John Zorn / Image courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCEColin Stetson + Tyshawn Sorey / Image courtesy of the artist Colin Stetson + Tyshawn Sorey / Image courtesy of the artist
  • PERFORMANCE: QUOTE UNQUOTEKota Yamazaki | fluid hug hug: (glowing) / Image courtesy of Ryutaro Mishima Kota Yamazaki | fluid hug hug: (glowing) / Image courtesy of Ryutaro Mishima
  • TALKTim McGee: Biomimicry / Photo by Alex Grande, courtesy of The Biomimicry Institute Tim McGee: Biomimicry / Photo by Alex Grande, courtesy of The Biomimicry Institute
  • TALK + WORK IN PROGRESSSusan Sgorbati: Emergent Improvisation / Image courtesy of Paul Kyle Susan Sgorbati: Emergent Improvisation / Image courtesy of Paul Kyle
  • PERFORMANCE: QUOTE UNQUOTESUE-C + AGF: Infinite Jest / Image courtesy of the artist SUE-C + AGF: Infinite Jest / Image courtesy of the artist
  • EXHIBITION + TALKRyan + Trevor Oakes / Image courtesy of Damien James Ryan + Trevor Oakes / Image courtesy of Damien James
  • SCREENING: THE ETERNAL RETURNDead Man / Jim Jarmusch (1995) Dead Man / Jim Jarmusch (1995)

SPRING 2012:

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On View:

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Continuing the presentation of exhibitions and installations throughout the building on an ongoing basis.

2/21–5/31
Ryan + Trevor Oakes: The Periphery of Perception

3/5–7/28
Ben Rubin: A Shakespeare Accelerator: Experiments in Kinetic Language

4/6–10/13
Jennifer + Kevin McCoy: Index

Series:

Ben Rubin

Quote Unquote: Experiments in Time-Based Text

Taking an existing text as a starting point, artists explode the concept of script and bring to life works that imbue music, film, theater, dance, interactive sculpture, and lectures with the essence of the text.

2/16 — onedotzero: poemetrics

3/3 — Jean-François Peyret

3/5–7/28 — Ben Rubin

4/6–9/29 — Jennifer + Kevin McCoy

4/6 — Kota Yamazaki

4/12 — SUE-C + AGF

4/27 — Jem Cohen: We Have An Anchor



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onedotzero_adventures in motion

The onedotzero_adventures in motion festival continues to infuse EMPAC with its trademark stellar animation programs and motion graphics shorts.

2/16 — poemetrics

3/1 — wow + flutter 11
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The Eternal Return

This collection of films begins with the idea that time is a lie.

1/26 — Vertigo

2/23 — Last Year at Marienbad

4/19 — Dead Man

5/3 — Before Sunrise



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Observer Effects

Invites thinkers to present their highly integrative work in dialogue with the fields of art and science.

2/8 — John D. Barrow

3/7 — Jonathan Sterne

4/25 — Leslie Vosshall

5/2 — Lisa Cartwright



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Detail View: Campus Perspectives

This series provides a platform for Rensselaer professors and researchers to share in-depth perspectives on their fields of inquiry.

2/14 — Forms, Processes, Consequences

4/12 — A Biological Future?



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EMPAC 2011-2012 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.