• EMPAC - Studio 1 - GoodmanStudio 1 - Goodman : The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Studio 1 - Goodman : The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
  • EMPAC - RESIDENCYLaurie Anderson Laurie Anderson
  • EMPAC - Concert HallCast Acoustic Walls in the EMPAC Concert Hall - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto Cast Acoustic Walls in the EMPAC Concert Hall - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - RESIDENCYFlaherty Flaherty
  • EMPAC - Studio 2Studio 2 Acoustic Panels - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto Studio 2 Acoustic Panels - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - North Curtain WallThe Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - RESIDENCYFlaherty Flaherty
  • EMPAC - Concert HallThe Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - Studio 2The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - Concert Hall HullRed cedar faces the hull of the EMPAC concert hall. Balcony and Parterre entrances. - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto Red cedar faces the hull of the EMPAC concert hall.  Balcony and Parterre entrances. - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - RESIDENCYLaurie Anderson Laurie Anderson
  • EMPAC - Studio 2The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - Theatre Fly TowerThe Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - PERFORMANCE/RESIDENCYSean Griffin Sean Griffin
  • EMPAC - Theatre from StageTwo control rooms, a full fly tower, and computer controlled rigging are just a few of the punctuations in EMPAC's Theatre - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto Two control rooms, a full fly tower, and computer controlled rigging are just a few of the punctuations in EMPAC's Theatre - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - RESIDENCYFlaherty Flaherty
  • EMPAC - Artist in Residence StudioThe Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - Concert HallThe Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto
  • EMPAC - TheatreThe Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - Photo: © Peter Aaron / Esto

Residencies

Applications for the Scholar/Researcher-in-Residence program are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year. Applications for the Artist-in-Residence program have deadlines three times a year.

Artist-in-Residence program

The combination of artist-driven content with new, high-end technology stands at the center of EMPAC’s artistic activities. Artists' projects may intersect with research in science, engineering and the humanities, and lead to new approaches and insights across these disciplines. To this end, we provides an environment that supports the realization of complex works at any stage from inception to completion. Along with a state-of-the-art facility, we offers residents the support of a staff of experts in audio, video, interactive interfaces, and stage technologies.

Scholar and Researcher-in-Residence program

EMPAC is creating an environment of fertile creation, cross-pollination, and intellectual stimulation. Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, visiting scholars and researchers participate in the formation of an intellectual community in scientific and engineering disciplines that may also engage perceptual and artistic knowledge and practice. EMPAC is a platform for areas such as augmented and virtual reality, scientific visualization, audification, haptics, human/machine interaction, auralization, and large-scale multi-modal environments.