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.
Film/Video, Time-Based Visual Art
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
Film/Video, Time-Based Visual Art
Other Uses 04
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
Friday, December 8, 2017 at 7:30PM
a iranian man playing the tombak.
Music/Sound
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi