2018 Spring

January 16—July 22, 2018
EMPAC — Troy, NY, USA
Media

2018 Spring Video Reel

Event Type
Season
Curator
Argeo Ascani
Vic Brooks
Ashley Ferro-Murray
Funding

EMPAC 2018–19 presentations, residencies, and commissions are supported by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts.

September 6, 2017—April 26, 2018
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A nude Black woman adjusts a blonde bob wig in the mirror of a bathroom with yellow walls.
Time-Based Visual Art, Series
Other Uses
2017–18
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 7PM
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A projection of Mae Jemison in her nasa orange space suit.
Film/Video, Time-Based Visual Art
Afrogalactica
Kapwani Kiwanga
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 7PM
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A Black woman and a Black man in a blue room sitting on a bed with red sheets in animated joyous conversation.
Time-Based Visual Art, Work in Progress
Ephraim Asili
The Inheritance
Saturdays, Spring 2018
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A white person standing in a black box studio looking at a wall of black sound proofing squares.
Tour
Building Tour
Spring 2018
Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 7PM
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Patrick Keilty in the theater giving a lecture.
Talk
Pornography's Graphical Interface
Patrick Keilty
Friday, February 16, 2018 at 8PM
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Two performers in black manipulating an assortment of human-esque sculptures.
Film/Video, Time-Based Visual Art, Commission
They Are Waiting for You
Laure Prouvost with Sam Belinfante and Pierre Droulers
Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2PM
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Two people in a black box studio reaching up towards a projection of themselves.
Dance/Theater, Commission
echo/archive
Elena Demyanenko & Erika Mijlin
Thursday, March 8, 2018 at 7:30PM
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Ellen Arkbro playing an electric guitar on stage while washed in pink light in front of a grid of blue squares.
Music/Sound, Commission
For Guitar and Electronics
Ellen Arkbro
March 19–20, 2018
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A contemporary man with a beard looking at a projection of a victorian era man and young girl projected over panes of glass.
Dance/Theater, Performance, Installation
This Was the End
Mallory Catlett / Restless NYC
Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 7:30PM
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A choir dressed in black standing in a semi circle in front of a projection that reads "This is a Tale of Two" on the concert hall stage.
Music/Sound
Anonymous Man
Michael Gordon, The Crossing
Monday, March 26, 2018 at 7PM
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a black man and white woman in the streets at a festival in 70s era clothing.
Time-Based Visual Art
Other Uses 05
Ulysses Jenkins
Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 7PM
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Two Black woman sitting facing each other on the steps of a black box theater.
Dance/Theater
A Meditation on Tongues
Ni'Ja Whitson
Wednesday, April 11, 2019 at 7PM
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Johannes Goebel giving a talk to a small crowd in a black box studio.
Talk
ART!??!!!
A Discussion with Director Johannes Goebel
Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 7PM
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A lebanese man standing on a runway with his hand on a white helicopter rear propeller.
Time-Based Visual Art
Other Uses 06
Jorge Jácome, Naeem Mohaiemen, and Beatriz Santiago Muñoz
Friday, April 27, 2018 at 7:30PM
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An orchestra on stage in front of a projected image of an lime green blob that is being controlled by a woman in the foreground.
Music/Sound
darker
David Lang, Ensemble Signal, Suzanne Bocanegra
JULY 9–22, 2018
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Spatial Audio Summer Seminar

EMPAC SUMMER 2018

Music/Sound, Performance, Series
SASS 2018
Spatial Audio Summer Seminar
July 9–13, 2018
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The wave field synthesis rig suspended from the ceiling of a black box studio.
Music/Sound, Workshop
Wave Field Synthesis Workshop
Summer 2018
July 9–13, 2018
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A white male wearing a black t-shirt and jeans sitting on a stool in a room with various computer set ups addressing a packed crowd, attentively looking on in a black box studio.

EMPAC SUMMER 2018

Music/Sound, Workshop
Spatial Audio Summer Seminar
Summer 2018
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 8PM
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Okkyung Lee playing cello.
Music/Sound
Spatial Audio Concert
Okkyung Lee, Markus Noisternig, and Rama Gottfried