PERFORMANCE Four Tet + Jon Hopkins Thursday, September 15, 8 PM This event is sold out! A stellar double bill featuring two of Britain's hottest musicians, producers, and composers of electronic music performing their trademark energetic knob-twisting beats intertwined with live video and a unique instrumental piano set. SOON QUOTE UNQUOTE Phantom Limb: 69°S. Friday + Saturday, September 23 + 24, 8 PM Tickets 69°S. is inspired by Ernest Shackleton's harrowing 1914 expedition to Antarctica. Phantom Limb unites puppetry, dance, film, history, and photography with a score that melds live junk-rock by Skeleton Key, recordings of the Kronos Quartet, and glacial field recordings to create a stunning vision of Antarctica's past, present, and future. A look inside the creative process in the making of 69°S. TALK: DETAIL VIEW Michael Century: Extraordinary Freedom Machines Tuesday, September 27, 12 PM FREE In the first installment of this three-part lecture series, Rensselaer professor Michael Century presents a fresh reading of today's experimental media art scene by surveying key works, personalities and movements of the past century and laying out a framework for forecasting its future. TALK + DINNER: OBSERVER EFFECTS James Elkins: Visual Practices Across the University Wednesday, September 28, 6 PM FREE In this interdisciplinary lecture, renowned art historian James Elkins will discuss the differential role images play across the departments of a university. A limited number of complimentary light dinners will be served at 6 PM to enjoy as part of the talk. Wine and refreshments will also be available as part of our paid cafe service. citystates 10: Richard Hardy, The Transcendent City SCREENING onedotzero: citystates 10 + robotica Thursday, September 29, 7 + 9 PM Tickets Presenting a double feature night of screenings from the international touring festival. onedotzero programs explore new forms and hybrids of moving image across motion graphics, short film, animation, music videos, and more. 7 PM: citystates 10 - trailer 9 PM: robotica - trailer Evelyn's Café will be open for citystates 10 and robotica screenings from 6-9 PM. ON VIEW Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: untitled (series #3) - photo by Kris Qua EXHIBITION Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: untitled (series #3) + index (v.4) Monday - Saturday, 12-6 PM FREE Recent review from the Get Visual blog | | EMPAC 2011-2012 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. | | | |
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