TALK, DEMO Full Immersion Experts in panoramic art talk + demonstration Tuesday November 17, 7 PM Free + Open to the Public SCREENING, SERIES Unfiction Examined Life Thursday November 19, 7:30 PM $5 In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today’s most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Featuring Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and others, the film offers privileged moments with thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory. Examined Life reveals philosophy’s power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it. The screening will be followed by a talk with Astra Taylor. » More Information SOON PERFORMANCE Chunky Move/Gideon Obarzanek (Australia) GLOW Thursday & Friday December 3 & 4, 7 & 9 PM $15 / $10 / $5 TALK Frieder Weiss Wednesday December 2, 7 PM Free + Open to the Public WORKSHIP Frieder Weiss: Perceivable Bodies Workshop Saturday December 5, 9:30 AM Free + Open to the Public ONGOING EXHIBITIONS Workspace Unlimited: They Watch The genre-crossing Danish artist mounts a whimsical yet searching investigation of the everyday, incorporating video, posters, and ordinary people from the Troy and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute communities. Studio 1 - Goodman through November 21 (last week!) Mads Lynnerup, Take a Day for Yourself! The genre-crossing Danish artist mounts a whimsical yet searching investigation of the everyday, incorporating video, posters, and ordinary people from the Troy and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute communities. Mezzanine through December 16 Sophie Kahn & Lisa Parra, Body/Traces Open Monday through Saturday, noon - 6 PM Free + Open to the Public | Campus+Community Piano x2 x4: Compositions for Two and Four Pianos Wednesday November 18, 12 PM Free + Open to the Public Presented by: Performing Arts Committee & The Rensselaer Union Barkow Leibinger Architects, "Revolutions of Choice" Wednesday November 18, 6 PM Presented by: Architecture Rensselaer Partial Credit's Fall Show Saturday November 21, 8 PM http://partialcredit.union.rpi.edu/ Facebook + Twitter You've already attended an event at EMPAC. Great! Can't wait to see you again. And you've read about EMPAC's residencies and commissioning programs. We hope you're as excited about them as we are! Now, you're looking for more ways to be part of the EMPAC community. You've got it: Keep up on EMPAC events, information and conversation by joining the EMPAC Facebook group and by following us on Twitter. On Facebook, you'll find member-posted photos and videos, and be able to join in the discussion of all things EMPAC. On Twitter, you'll get our lastest last minute event info reminders, and maybe even a few surprises! Stop by soon. Facebook Twitter | EMPAC 2009-2010 presentations, residencies and commissions are supported by grants from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts’ Regional Touring Program, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts (with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; additional funding provided by the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation;) and the New York State Council for the Arts. Special thanks to the The Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts for support for artist commissions. | |
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