PERFORMANCE Laurie Anderson: Delusion Friday + Saturday, October 15 + 16, 2010, 8 PM Theater $15/$10/$5 Laurie Anderson's Delusion is a meditation on life and language by way of music, video, and storytelling. Conceived as a series of short mystery plays, Delusion jump-cuts between the everyday and the mythic. Employing violin, electronic puppetry, music, visuals, altered voices, and imaginary guests, Anderson weaves a complex story about longing, memory, and identity. At its heart is the pleasure of language and a fear that the world is made entirely of words. You can check out some clips from the performance here. Tickets are selling fast, so purchase yours today! » More Information SOON SCREENING Russian Ark Cinematic Chimera Series Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7:30 PM Theater $5 TALK Music – Language – Sound and Nature Mark Changizi, Johannes Goebel, and David Rothenberg Observer Effects Series Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 7 PM Theater Free NEWS Didn't make it to Filament? Some of the pieces will be up through the end of October, including Michael J. Schumacher's building wide sound installation Room Pieces Troy 2010, Volkmar Klien's video pendulum Relative Realities, and Process Boxes in EMPAC, as well as MTAA's All Raise This Barn (East) on the VCC North Lawn. Evelyn's Café (managed by The Epicurean) is open! Stop by for a selection from their imaginative French-inspired menu of fresh salads, gourmet sandwiches, baked goods, and more. And be sure to plan your next trip to EMPAC accordingly - be it a light meal before an event, a drink after to decompress, or a snack while you are checking out one of our ongoing exhibitions or the building itself. Café hours: Monday - Friday, 11 AM - 5 PM (plus additional hours supporting events) | CAMPUS + COMMUNITY TALK Philip Beesley: Abject Fertility: Liminal Responsive Architectures Wed. 10/13, 6:30 PM FREE Presented by Rensselaer Architecture Part of the Professor Kenneth L. Warriner Memorial Lecture Series TALK 175th Anniversary of Civil Engineering Colloquy Fri. 10/15, 10 AM FREE Presented by Rensselaer PERFORMANCE A Cappella Extravaganza VOX Audio with Rensselaer's a cappella groups Sat. 10/16, 8 PM $10 Presented by The Rensselaer Alumni Association | EMPAC 2010-2011 presentations, residencies, and commissions are supported by grants from 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 from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust), and the New York State Council for the Arts. Special thanks to the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts for support of artist commissions. | | | |