[HvEXAS] EMPAC | Cinematic Chimera: Prospero’s Books | Thurs. 02/10, 7:30 PM

 

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. a still from Prospero's Books (1991) SCREENING Cinematic Chimera: Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books Thursday, February 10, 2011, 7:30 PM Theater $5 Dance, opera, and mime are interwoven throughout Prospero's Books, Peter Greenaway's pioneering and celebrated cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest. » More Information Verdensteatret: And All the Questionmarks Started to Sing image courtesy of the artists PERFORMANCE Verdensteatret: And All the Questionmarks Started to Sing Thursday + Friday, February 17+18, 2011, 8 PM Studio 1 – Goodman $15/10/5 In a complex landscape of moving image, layered sound, and kinetic sculpture, this hybrid performance employs animation techniques from micro puppetry to shadow play to create an ever-changing composition driven by an abiding sense of wonder. » More Information PERFORMANCE Gérard Grisey: Le Noir de l'Étoile Les Percussions de Strasbourg Saturday, February 26, 2011, 8 PM Concert Hall $15/10/5 An evening length percussion piece by French composer Gérard Grisey, using a feed of distant pulsars, is performed around the audience with more than 100 instruments by the six musicians of the world-renowned ensemble Les Percussions de Strasbourg. Preceded at 6:30 PM by The Harmony of the Spheres, from Antiquity to Contemporary Music, a free talk in the Theater by Jean-Pierre Luminet, the renowned French astrophysicist — a specialist in black holes and cosmology as well as the co-author of Le Noir de l'Étoile — who will speak about the link between music and the celestial bodies beyond our horizon. » More Information ON VIEW INSTALLATION Michael J. Schumacher: Room Pieces Troy 2010 A building-wide sound installation utilizing the immense size, acoustics, and 100-plus speaker public address system to create a rich sonic environment for anyone passing through the building. A widely varied sound palette creates an ever-changing soundscape that is both pleasurable and unpredictable. Free and open to the public Monday through Saturday, noon to 6 PM. » More Information   NEWS *POSTPONED* TALK Ali Rahim / Hinne Jamelle / Contemporary Architecture Practice: EXUBERANCE Wed. 02/02, 6 PM Theater FREE Presented by Architecture Rensselaer PERFORMANCE The International Championship of Collegiate A Capella (ICCA) Quarterfinal Sat. 02/05, 8 PM Concert Hall Click here for ticket info Hosted by The Rusty Pipes (a Student Life Signature event) Follow EMPAC on FACEBOOK + TWITTER! 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. EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921 Plan your visit to EMPAC! Get directions, maps, parking info, and a visitors guide. Our mailing address is: EMPAC Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180 Add us to your address book Copyright © 2011 EMPAC All rights reserved.

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