Monday, April 30, 2012

[HvEXAS] The senses during surgery

 

THIS WEEK: the senses during surgery, Before Sunrise, mirror neurons
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Lisa Cartwright + Christina Lammer: Empathography: The Art of Clinical Intimacy: WED, MAY 02, 6:00 PM
TALK: OBSERVER EFFECTS
Lisa Cartwright + Christina Lammer: Empathography: The Art of Clinical Intimacy WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 6 PM
FREE

A multimedia screening, performance, and lecture exploring what the senses experience in the austere environment of surgery.
Before Sunrise: THU, MAY 03, 7:30 PM
SCREENING: THE ETERNAL RETURN
Before Sunrise Directed by Richard Linklater
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 7:30 PM
TICKETS

A film that tracks a conversation between two people through the streets of Vienna as they reflect on topics such as time and eternity.

Trailer


Campus Events

CONCERT
David Arner: The Invocation of Hermes Twice Revealed
TUES, MAY 1, 8 PM
FREE
PERFORMANCE
Annual Dance Club Recital
SAT, MAY 5, 2 PM
$3

Marco Iacoboni: Mirror Neurons and Our Capacity for Empathy: WED, MAY 09, 7:00 PM
TALK
Marco Iacoboni: Mirror Neurons and Our Capacity for Empathy
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 7 PM
FREE

Iacoboni's work in mirror neurons illuminates the remarkable human ability to accurately interpret the feelings and intentions of others. Presented as part of the Susan Sgorbati creative research residency.

On View

EXHIBITION
Ryan + Trevor Oakes: The Periphery of Perception
FEBRUARY 21 – MAY 31, 2012
EXHIBITION
Ben Rubin: A Shakespeare Accelerator
MARCH 5 – JULY 28, 2012
EXHIBITION
Jennifer + Kevin McCoy: Index
APRIL 6 – OCTOBER 13, 2012

Exhibitions are free + open to the public Monday-Saturday, 12-6 PM


Recent News

Last week's episode of Art21 featured Mary Reid Kelley in residence at EMPAC.

The free 80th birthday celebration for electronic music pioneer Pauline Oliveros is Thursday, May 10 - read how the Fort Worden Cistern's acoustics will be recreated in the Concert Hall for the occasion.
Photo Credits: Christina Lammer; Richard Linklater, Before Sunrise (1995); Sebastian Kaulitzki

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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Friday, April 27, 2012

[HvEXAS] Re: TNO Afterparty | Tonight! Friday, April 27th, 2012 | Daisy Bakers's | Tag Team Sets by [ back from japan + il ] and [ jay travis + brad lee ]

 

Sorry, there was a bad joke in the last email that perhaps is confusing.  Jem Cohen is not free, and the beer at the Art Center also costs money.  I apologize if that was confusing.. there was an assumption people knew it wasn't free, and thus would make it a play on the free beer vs. free speech distinction.  Fail.

"Free beer" vs "free speech" distinction

In software development, where the cost of mass production is relatively small, it is common for developers to make software available at no cost. One of the early and basic forms of this model is called freeware. With freeware, software is licensed free of charge for regular use: the developer does not gain any monetary compensation.

With the advent of the free software movement, license schemes were created to give developers more freedom in terms of code sharing, commonly called open source or free and open source software (called FLOSS, FOSS, or F/OSS). As the English adjective free does not distinguish between "for zero price" and "liberty", the phrases "free as in free beer" (gratis, freeware) and "free as in free speech" (libre, free software) were adopted. Many in the free software movement feel strongly about the freedom to use the software, make modifications, etc., whether or not this freely usable software is to be exchanged for money. Therefore, this distinction became important.

"Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer."
  —Richard Stallman[4]


On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:42, Kevin Luddy <goodship11@gmail.com> wrote:


The Troy Night Out Afterparty – 2012 Edition
Friday April 27th, 2012
9:30pm - FREE!

Check out the Facebook event:

Tonight is a busy night in Troy. Besides the amazing show at EMPAC, the Arts Center hosts a few goodship favorites at Level, an "exhibition of independent video games and other media works that explore the human life cycle and development from birth to death," 

When I hear video games and human life cycle, my first thought is a half-man, half-pirahna dancing to a remix of "A Winner is You" on a sunday night in Troy (listening to WRPI, obviously). So what better way to follow the Level fest than a Tag Team DJ spectacular? It's twice the DJ!

Starting off we have a new experiment from DJ's back from japan and il. This is the first time they've played out together, but I'd expect lots of Nicolas Jaar + 80's edits.

Finishing off the night, or depending how you look at it, getting the good part started, are veteran DJ's Jay Travis + Brad Lee. Jay played TNO for the first time in January and we're glad to have him back. Brad played the old Goodship Tuesdays for the first time in 2001 or so. He must have been about 14 then...

"Schedule"
9:30(ish) - back from japan + il
11:30(ish) - brad lee + jay travis

Also tonight:

Level @ Arts Center tonight, 5pm (free as in beer)

Jem Cohen @ EMPAC tonight, 8pm (free as in jazz)


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[HvEXAS] TNO Afterparty | Tonight! Friday, April 27th, 2012 | Daisy Bakers's | Tag Team Sets by [ back from japan + il ] and [ jay travis + brad lee ]

 



The Troy Night Out Afterparty – 2012 Edition
Friday April 27th, 2012
9:30pm - FREE!

Check out the Facebook event:

Tonight is a busy night in Troy. Besides the amazing show at EMPAC, the Arts Center hosts a few goodship favorites at Level, an "exhibition of independent video games and other media works that explore the human life cycle and development from birth to death," 

When I hear video games and human life cycle, my first thought is a half-man, half-pirahna dancing to a remix of "A Winner is You" on a sunday night in Troy (listening to WRPI, obviously). So what better way to follow the Level fest than a Tag Team DJ spectacular? It's twice the DJ!

Starting off we have a new experiment from DJ's back from japan and il. This is the first time they've played out together, but I'd expect lots of Nicolas Jaar + 80's edits.

Finishing off the night, or depending how you look at it, getting the good part started, are veteran DJ's Jay Travis + Brad Lee. Jay played TNO for the first time in January and we're glad to have him back. Brad played the old Goodship Tuesdays for the first time in 2001 or so. He must have been about 14 then...

"Schedule"
9:30(ish) - back from japan + il
11:30(ish) - brad lee + jay travis

Also tonight:

Level @ Arts Center tonight, 5pm (free as in beer)

Jem Cohen @ EMPAC tonight, 8pm (free as in jazz)

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

[HvEXAS] Jem Cohen w/ members of Fugazi, Dirty Three, GY!BE + Silver Mt. Zion

 

THIS WEEK: Jem Cohen & friends + the science of smell
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Jem Cohen: We Have An Anchor: FRI, APR 27, 8:00 PM
PERFORMANCE: QUOTE UNQUOTE
Jem Cohen: We Have An Anchor FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 8 PM
TICKETS

This premiere of Cohen's EMPAC-commissioned project is a documentary-based hybrid built from film footage of Nova Scotia, various texts, and live music featuring such stellar musicians as:

As an artist who has explored and deplored the disappearance of regional character brought on by corporate-driven homogeneity, the discovery of Cape Breton was a revelation for Cohen, who describes it as a place as beautiful as any he has ever seen throughout his travels, but one that remains elusive and deeply "itself."

Trailer

Leslie Vosshall: Bitten: Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People and Not Others : WED, APR 26, 6:00 PM
LECTURE: OBSERVER EFFECTS
Leslie Vosshall: Bitten: Why Do Mosquitoes Bite Some People and Not Others
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 6 PM
FREE

Rockefeller University neuroscientist Leslie Vosshall gives an in-depth presentation on the origins and complexities of smell and its impact on our behavior.

Campus Events

CONCERT
RMA Annual Spring Concert
SAT, APRIL 28, 6 PM
FREE
CONCERT
David Arner: The Invocation of Hermes Twice Revealed
TUE, MAY 01, 8 PM
FREE

Lisa Cartwright and Christina Lammer: Empathography: The Art of Clinical Intimacy : WED, MAY 2, 6:00 PM
LECTURE: OBSERVER EFFECTS
Lisa Cartwright and Christina Lammer: Empathography: The Art of Clinical Intimacy
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 6 PM
FREE

A multimedia screening, performance, and lecture exploring what the senses experience in the austere environment of surgery.

On View

EXHIBITION
Ryan + Trevor Oakes: The Periphery of Perception
FEBRUARY 21 – MAY 31, 2012
EXHIBITION
Ben Rubin: A Shakespeare Accelerator
MARCH 5 – JULY 28, 2012
EXHIBITION
Jennifer + Kevin McCoy: Index
APRIL 6 – OCTOBER 13, 2012

Exhibitions are free + open to the public Monday-Saturday, 12-6 PM


Recent News

The next rolling deadline for EMPAC's Artist-in-Residence program is May 14.
Photo Credits: Jem Cohen, We Have An Anchor (2012); courtesy of the artist; courtesy of Christina Lammer

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.


Box Office:
518.276.3921

Mailing Address:
EMPAC
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Troy, NY 12180

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

[HvEXAS] Tool is Loot

 

THIS WEEK: A discussion of optics, Dead Man, and TOOL IS LOOT
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Wally Cardona + Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT: FRI + SAT, APR 20 + 21, 8:00 PM
PERFORMANCE
Wally Cardona + Jennifer Lacey with Jonathan Bepler: TOOL IS LOOT FRIDAY + SATURDAY, APRIL 20 + 21, 8 PM
TICKETS

Choreographers/dancers Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey come together in this duet with their identities simultaneously undone and strengthened. They ask the question: What comes after you don't know anymore?
Ryan + Trevor Oakes panel discussion: The Periphery of Perception: WED, APR 18, 6:00 PM
TALK
Ryan + Trevor Oakes panel discussion: The Periphery of Perception
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 6 PM
FREE

A conversation on optics, the nature of light, and the rendering of visual reality with writer Damien James, photographer Michael Benson, and artists Ryan and Trevor Oakes.

Campus Events

EXHIBITION
Boryana Rossa: After the Fall: Two Channel Video Installation
FRI + SAT, APRIL 20 + 21

Dead Man: THUR, APR 19, 7:30 PM
SCREENING: THE ETERNAL RETURN
Dead Man
THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 7:30 PM
TICKETS

Jim Jarmusch's re-imagining of classic Hollywood Westerns, featuring Johnny Depp and an eerie, improvised soundtrack by Neil Young.

Trailer


On View

EXHIBITION
Ryan + Trevor Oakes: The Periphery of Perception
FEBRUARY 21 – MAY 31, 2012
EXHIBITION
Ben Rubin: A Shakespeare Accelerator
MARCH 5 – JULY 28, 2012
EXHIBITION
Jennifer + Kevin McCoy: Index
APRIL 6 – OCTOBER 13, 2012

Exhibitions are free + open to the public Monday-Saturday, 12-6 PM


Recent News

Susan Sgorbati interviewed by the Albany Times Union and the Bennington Banner regarding her creative research residency.
Photo Credits: Adam Shecter; Damien James; Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man (1995)

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.


Box Office:
518.276.3921

Mailing Address:
EMPAC
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180

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