EMPAC: Jennifer Tipton installation | Jan. 11-Feb. 3, dusk- 10 PM | EMPAC building, 8th Street, Troy, NY

for anyone who has been wondering what those lovely colored lights on
the hill are all about - plus free roasted chestnuts and hot cider
from 5:30 to 7:30 pm tonight at the top of the approach!

Begin forwarded message:

> The EMPAC building as light sculpture!
>
> Jennifer Tipton: LIGHT ABOVE THE HUDSON
>
> January 11 – February 3, 2008 Dusk – 10 pm
>
> Location: the EMPAC building:: 8th St. and College Ave, Troy, NY
>
> PUBLIC OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, January 11 5:30 pm – 7: 30 pm
> Rensselaer Approach, 8th Street, opposite the EMPAC building
> Hot cider and roasted chestnuts will be served!
>
> Free + Open to the Public
>
> For three weeks in January, acclaimed lighting designer Jennifer
> Tipton
> will turn the EMPAC construction site into a dynamic light
> sculpture that
> can be seen intimately from nearby streets as well as from a distance
> across the Hudson and beyond.
>
> The installation will use recent innovations in lighting to
> illuminate the
> EMPAC building. It will be both a celebration of the building's
> elegant
> architecture, now in its final stage of construction, and an
> invitation for
> the public to experience EMPAC's adventurous integration of art and
> technology.
>
> Light Above the Hudson is an EMPAC commissioned production.
>
> A map of ideal "lookout points" throughout the region can be
> downloaded as
> of 1/11/08 at www.empac.rpi.edu