Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 5:30PM
the programming empac book
Opening
Programming EMPAC: The First 4,158 Days
Book Launch
September 2, 2015—May 12, 2016
three dancers and a singer
Series
On Screen/Sound
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 7PM
a celluloid still from TRON
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
On Screen/Sound: No. 1
Dara Birnbaum / Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren / Steven Lisberger / Nam June Paik and Jud Yalkut
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 7PM
Jump (Hysterique Bourreé), Charles Atlas and Philippe Decoufle
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
On Screen/Sound: No. 2
Martin Arnold / Charles Atlas and Philippe Decoufle / Loretta Fahrenholz / Hassan Khan / Gunvor Nelson / Akram Zaatari
Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 7PM
many people on the theater stage in construction vests
Commission, Performance
The Extra People
Ant Hampton
Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 8PM
dotquantum in the theater
Time-Based Visual Art
dotQuantum
Flatform
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 7PM
three childern kneeling in the sand with their hands over their faces
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
On Screen/Sound: No. 3
Cory Arcangel / Andrew Lampert
Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 7PM
Tarek Atoui standing in front of a sound board
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
WITHIN 2
Tarek Atoui
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at 7PM
a man holding a woman in a dress in the 1920s in front of a art deco set.
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
On Screen/Sound: No. 4
Marcel L'Herbier / Robert Nelson
Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 7PM
a collage of film stills
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
Jennifer West and Michael Ned Holte
In Conversation: Film Memory
Friday, October 2, 2015 at 9PM
daedelus on stage in studio 1
Music/Sound
vhvl + Daedelus + Ikonika
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 7PM
jobin, ascani, and fell on stage.
Music/Sound, Talk
In Conversation
Mark Fell and France Jobin
October 8–9, 2015
dancers in the theater under purple glow of light
Commission, Dance/Theater, Music/Sound
Recursive Frame Analysis
Mark Fell
Thursday, October 15, 2015 at 8PM
purple light washes across the concert hall
Commission, Music/Sound
France Jobin
4.35 - R0 - 413
Friday, October 16, 2015 at 8PM
audience in studio 1 for oneohtrix
Music/Sound, Performance
Garden of Delete
Oneohtrix Point Never
Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 7PM
EMPAC 2015–16 presentations, residencies, and commissions are supported by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts.
Music/Sound, Talk
Rob Hamilton
The Machine is the Message: How Technology Will Fundamentally Change Music
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 7PM
a still from the film.
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
On Screen/Sound: No. 5
Jimmy Joe Roche and Dan Deacon / Paul Schrader
Friday, October 30, 2015 at 8PM
the artist in studio 2 during a film shoot.
Work-in-Progress, Performance
Mt. Rush
Elizabeth Orr
Thursday, November 5, 2015 at 7PM
Johannes Goebel giving his talk on the Theater stage.
Talk
Eternity and Megalomania: The Politics and Mechanics of Archiving 
Johannes Goebel
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 7PM
a dancer suspended mid-air after a jump in the concert hall
Dance/Theater, Talk
THINGING: Dance and Translation and the Work of Anne Carson
Silas Riener
Friday, September 28, 2012 at 8PM
tim hecker's silouette in dense theatrical fog
Commission, Music/Sound
Love Streams
Tim Hecker and MFO
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 7PM
john travolta standing behind a projector in a projection booth.
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
On Screen/Sound: No. 7
Kou Matsuo / Brian de Palma / Deborah Stratman
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at 7PM
three dancers and a singer
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
On Screen/Sound: No. 8
Cally Spooner / Mervyn Le Roy
Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 8PM
a woman playing a amplified acoustic guitar
Music/Sound
Mary Halvorson + Colin Marston