[HvEXAS] Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca | Thursday 10/25, 7:30 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2012/fall/shadow-play/rebecca

SCREENING: SHADOW PLAY
Rebecca
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7:30 PM
EMPAC Theater

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
$6

Alfred Hitchcock's only Oscar-winning film, Rebecca, stars Sir Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel of the same name. Located between a ghost story and film noir, Rebecca is a gothic thriller about a love triangle between English aristocrat Maxim de Winter, his young wife, and the shadow of his deceased wife, Rebecca. This film classic contains a haunting score by Franz Waxman and brooding cinematography by George Barnes.

+ trailer: http://youtu.be/PwneccC52fY

+ imdb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_(1940_film)

+ wiki: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032976/

The acknowledged master of the thriller genre, Alfred Hitchcock was also a brilliant technician who deftly blended suspense and humor. Born in England, Hitchcock entered the film industry in 1920, writing scenarios and assistant directing. In 1939, he went to Hollywood, where his first film, Rebecca, won an Academy Award for best picture. During the next three decades, he made a film a year, including the classics Rear Window and Psycho. He received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award in 1979 and died in 1980. He made over 60 films, nearly all commercial and critical successes.

Shadow Play is a series of films that tread nimbly between reality and illusion, acknowledging the artificial nature of cinema. Referencing the tradition of shadow puppetry, the origins of cinema in phantasmagoria, and Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," each film draws on the metaphors of light as reality and shadow as artifice.
 
In Plato's The Republic, the allegory of the cave illustrates the difference between truth and illusion. Many writers have noted that "Allegory of the Cave" (written c. 360 BCE), bears great resemblance to the contemporary movie theater.

Upcoming films in this series include:

Thursday, November 8
Tarsem Singh's The Fall

Films begin at 7:30 PM; tickets are $6. Evelyn's Café will open at 6:30 PM with a full menu of meals, snacks, and beverages as well as a selection of wines. Parking is available in the Rensselaer parking lot on College Avenue.

More information can be found on the EMPAC website: empac.rpi.edu. Questions? Call the EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921.

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The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY, 12180

[HvEXAS] AKOUSMA @ EMPAC concert | Fri. 10/19, 8 PM | Troy, NY

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2012/fall/akousma-empac

PERFORMANCE
AKOUSMA @ EMPAC
Friday, October 19, 2012, 8 PM
EMPAC Theater

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
$18 (discounted tickets available)

Sometimes known as "cinema for the ear," acousmatic music is a compositional form traditionally presented in the dark to help focus and intensify the hearing of the audience. Using dozens of loudspeakers hung in a ring surrounding the listeners, composers and performers manipulate the pieces in real time for an all-encompassing experience as electronic sound is moved around the space.
 
Highlighting composers from the 2012 AKOUSMA festival, now in its ninth year in Montréal, AKOUSMA @ EMPAC will explore both the traditional acousmatic musical style, as well as a more hybrid version with performers on stage.
 
Featuring performer/composers Nicolas Bernier, Richard Chartier, Jean Francois Laporte, Martin Tétreault, and Louis Dufort.

AKOUSMA is produced by Réseaux, a composer-run organization dedicated to presenting and commissioning electroacoustic music since 1991. Montréal is the North American hub for electronic music, offering a wide range of festivals spanning dance music, acoustics research, and everything in between. akousma.ca

- Nicolas Bernier: http://www.nicolasbernier.com/
- Richard Chartier: http://www.3particles.com/
- Jean-François Laporte: http://www.23five.org/archives/laporte.html
- Martin Tétreault: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Tétreault

- Louis Dufort: http://louisdufort.com/

Tickets are $18 general admission; $13 non-Rensselaer students, seniors, and Rensselaer faculty + staff; and $6 Rensselaer students (must provide ID for discounted tickets).

Evelyn's Café will open at 7 PM with a full menu of meals, snacks, and beverages as well as a selection of wines. Service continues between and after the performances. Parking is available in the Rensselaer parking lot on College Avenue.

More information can be found on the EMPAC website: empac.rpi.edu. Questions? Call the EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921.

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The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY, 12180

[HvEXAS] Peter Matthaes: Art Fraud talk

 

THIS WEEK: Art Fraud, visualizing the infinite, and Solaris Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. TALK: OBSERVER EFFECTS Peter Matthaes: Art Fraud: Recognizing Authenticity in Art WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 6 PM FREE Peter Matthaes, director of the Museo D'Arte e Scienza, will present a dynamic discussion on art fraud, and the use of science and the senses to recognize authenticity in art. TALK: DETAIL VIEW Selmer Bringsjord + Naveen Sundar G: To Infinity and Beyond! THURS, OCT 11, 12 PM FREE Boldly going where no machine has gone before, or ever will, Rensselaer professor Selmer Bringsjord and PhD student Naveen Sundar G. will use EMPAC technology to visualize the infinite. Campus Events TALK Matias Del Campo: Sublime Bodies WED, OCT 17, 6 PM SCREENING: SHADOW PLAY Solaris Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky THURS, OCT 11, 7:30 PM TICKETS Tarkovsky's iconic 1972 film charts a psychological territory in which the real and the imagined are inextricably mixed. On View EXHIBITION Jennifer + Kevin McCoy: Index THRU SAT, OCT 13 Inspired by J.G. Ballard's short story "The Index," sprawling sculptures filmed by live cameras present a landscape of people and places that implies an overarching narrative of the 1960s to the present day. Exhibitions are free + open to the public Monday-Saturday, 12-6 PM. Recent News Article in last week's Troy Record regarding EMPAC's participation in the annual MOHU arts festival. follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend Photo Credits: courtesy of the artist, courtesy of the artist, and Solaris (1972) Visual Programme Systems. 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. Box Office: 518.276.3921 Mailing Address: EMPAC Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180 Add us to your address book Copyright © 2012 EMPAC, All rights reserved.

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