Wednesday, September 12, 2012

[HvEXAS] The EMPAC Fall Schedule

 

Presenting the fall 2012 schedule of events
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Kurt Hentschläger's CLUSTER

Fall 2012

Our fall schedule is packed with performances, exhibitions, screenings, talks, concerts, and happenings that continue to question and test the boundaries of what is‚ and what could be‚ at the intersection of art, science, and technology.

Some highlights include:

Michael Gordon: Rushes

PERFORMANCE
Michael Gordon: Rushes
SEPT 15, 8 PM

The world premiere of a composition for seven bassoons by the founder of NYC's Bang on a Can.

TICKETS
Solaris

SCREENING
Solaris
OCT 11, 7:30 PM

Tarkovsky's iconic 1972 film charts a psychological territory in which the real and the imagined are inextricably mixed.

Part of the Shadow Play series.

TICKETS
Ella Fiskum Danz: Triptych 0811

PERFORMANCE
Ella Fiskum Danz: Triptych 0811
SEPT 18, 7:30 PM

In the context of a two-week production residency, Norwegian dance company Ella Fiskum Danz presents Triptych 0811, a work in progress exploring the inner life of dreams, reality, and ambition.

FREE
AKOUSMA @ EMPAC

PERFORMANCE
AKOUSMA @ EMPAC
OCT 19, 8 PM

"Cinema for the ear" electronic music performance presenting composer/performers from the 2012 AKOUSMA festival in Montréal.

TICKETS
Melvin Moti: The Eye As I Can See

TALK + DINNER
Melvin Moti: The Eye As I Can See
SEPT 19, 6 PM

This dinner discussion will consider nuances of visual perception and the paradoxical status of the eye within human perception.

Part of the Observer Effects series.

FREE

onedotzero double feature

SCREENING
onedotzero double feature
NOV 15, 7+9 PM

A double feature screening that celebrates the anniversary of the Processing programming language and imagines futuristic urban landscapes.

TICKETS
Nora Chipaumire: Miriam

PERFORMANCE
Nora Chipaumire: Miriam
OCT 5+6, 8 PM

Renowned choreographer and dancer Nora Chipaumire creates her first character driven work—a deeply personal dance-theater performance that looks closely at selflessness, ambition, perfection, and the sacrifice of the feminine ideal.

TICKETS
Ralph Lemon: Four Walls

PERFORMANCE
Ralph Lemon: Four Walls
NOV 16+17

With Four Walls, Ralph Lemon premieres a live multimedia dance installation that provides four points of view on one dance, giving a new shape to a "dance with no form."

TICKETS
And there's more! The entire schedule is available online now.

Other News
An interview with recent artist in residence Thom Kubli by EMPAC curator Emily Berçir Zimmerman in Contemporary Performance.
Photo Credits: Kurt Hentschläger's CLUSTER.

EMPAC 2012-2013 presentations, residencies, and commissions are made possible by continuous support from the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts. Additional project support by 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 and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the New York State Council for the Arts; Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts; Arts Council Norway, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, and Fond for Utøvende Kunstner.


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