2017 Fall

August 21–December 8, 2017
EMPAC — Troy, NY, USA

fall 2017

Main Image: Martin Syms. Film still from incense, sweaters, and Ice, 2017. Courtesy the artist and Bridget Donahue, New York.

Event Type
Season
Curator
Ashley Ferro-Murray
Vic Brooks
Argeo Ascani
August 21–September 6, 2017
studio 1 set up for the video shoot for queen white.
Time-Based Visual Art, Installation, Commission
An Evening with Queen White
Martine Syms
September 6, 2017—April 26, 2018
A nude African-American woman adjusts her blonde wig in a mirror.
Time-Based Visual Art, Series
Other Uses
2017–18
Monday, August 28, 2017 at 7PM
a crowd in studio 1 for MashUP.
Music/Sound, Performance
MashUP!
Fall 2017
August 31—September 1, 2017
a man laying on stage.
Dance/Theater, Performance, Commission
AFTER
Andrew Schneider
First Saturdays of the Month at 2PM
the concert hall
Talk
EMPAC Tours
Fall 2017
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 7PM
A nude African-American woman adjusts her blonde wig in a mirror.
Film/Video
Other Uses 01: Incense, Sweaters, and Ice
Martine Syms
Friday, September 8, 2017 at 7:30PM
the artist on stage in studio 1
Music/Sound, Performance
Hieroglyphic Being
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 7PM
abagail dekosnik on stage during her talk
Talk
The Media Crease: Traces of Reuse in Hard and Soft Copies
Abigail De Kosnik
Ongoing
Students lined up for the SubBasPrototon
Music/Sound, Installation
SubBassProtoTon
Johannes Goebel
Friday, September 22, 2017 at 7:30PM
two pianos as viewed from directly above the concert hall stage.
Music/Sound, Performance, Commission
The Music of Enno Poppe
Yarn/Wire
Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 7PM
This project is produced in partnership with the Goethe-Institut New York and generously supported by the Bentson Foundation, Service des affaires culturelles - Canton de Vaud, and ProHelvetia.
Time-Based Visual Art, Performance, Commission
Telepathic Improvisation
Boudry / Lorenz
Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 7PM
an asian woman squatting in the grass with a VHS camera.
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
Other Uses 02
Marwa Arsanios, Morgan Fisher, Mohammad Fauzi, Deimantas Narkevičius, and Hito Steyerl
Friday, October 6, 2017 at 7PM
two dancers and a camera man in studio 1
Dance/Theater, Work-in-Progress, Performance
Elena Demyanenko and Erika Mijlin
Echo/Archive
Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 7PM
Doa Aly
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
Other Uses 03
Doa Aly, Yto Barrada, Joan Jonas, Shelly Silver, Ana Vaz, and Joyce Wieland
Friday, October 20, 2018 at 9PM
Actress in Studio 1
Music/Sound
Actress + Toxe
Friday, October 27, 2017 at 5PM
people on the side of the empac hill listening..
Dance/Theater, Work-in-Progress
Mary Armentrout Dance Theater
Listening Creates an Opening
Wednesday, November 1, 2017 7PM
hololens demo
Talk, Demo
Microsoft’s HoloLens and the Future of Human-Computer Interaction
Kayla Kinnunen
Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 7:30PM
a strap with knives attached lying on a floor.
Dance/Theater, Talk
My Paradoxical Knives
Ali Moini
Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 7PM
ghostly theatrical fog illuminates projected words "i see voice" in the empac theater.
Performance, Work-in-Progress
They Are Waiting for You
Laure Prouvost, Sam Belinfante, and Pierre Droulers
Friday, November 17, 2017 at 7:30PM
laura luna inside EMPAC's 360 panoramic screen
Music/Sound, Performance
Laura Luna
Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 7PM
an video still of purple-cast water projected on geometric surfaces
Time-Based Visual Art, Film/Video
Other Uses 04
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
Friday, December 8, 2017 at 7:30PM
a iranian man playing the tombak.
Music/Sound
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi