[HvEXAS] onedotzero double feature screening: code warriors + future cities | Thurs Nov 15, 7 + 9 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2012/fall/onedotzero

SCREENING

onedotzero double feature: code warriors: a decade of processing + future cities

Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7 + 9 PM

EMPAC Theater

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

$6 each

This double feature (curated and compiled by onedotzero) presents programs that look to the future, with exuberant renderings of the next generation of urban landscapes, and to the past, with a retrospective of key works produced through the Processing programming language.

 
7 PM - code warriors: a decade of processing
Celebrating 10 years of the open source programming language, Processing, used by tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production.
 
9 PM - future cities
An eclectic selection of short films, animations, and motion graphics presenting evocative visions of future cities and urban destinies.

+ code warriors: a decade of processing trailer: http://vimeo.com/18701987
+ future cities trailer: http://www.onedotzero.com/video/32667060/

onedotzero is an international moving image and digital arts organization that commissions, showcases, and promotes innovation across all aspects of moving image, digital, and interactive arts. Founded in 1996, it is known for representing a diverse array of artistic endeavors. Its collaborative approach is attuned to technological advances and changes within digital arts and the contemporary cultural landscape. onedotzero is critically acclaimed for producing the annual pioneering audiovisual touring festival, onedotzero_adventures in motion. The festival travels the world, showcasing the most exciting ideas and brightest up-and-coming filmmaking talent alongside visionary new work by leading creative luminaries.
 
onedotzero brings together high-end and grass roots talent within a comprehensive package and delivers contemporary arts and audiovisual entertainment to a broad, international demographic of connected audiences. http://onedotzero.com/

Tickets are $6 for each screening.

Evelyn's Café will open at 6 PM with a full menu of meals, snacks, and beverages as well as a selection of wines. Service continues between the screenings. 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] Yegor Shevtsov concert | Tues Nov 13, 7 PM | FREE | EMPAC, Troy, NY

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2012/fall/yegor-shevtsov

PERFORMANCE: WORK IN PROGRESS
Yegor Shevtsov
Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 7 PM
EMPAC Concert Hall
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

FREE

As part of an artist-in-residence recording project, pianist Yegor Shevtsov presents an in-progress performance of solo works by two giants of twentieth-century music. Separated by almost a century, Debussy's Etudes and Boulez's Incises intersect in both their French heritage and their substantial demands on a pianist's control and technique. Rounding out the recital is Boulez's most recent work for solo piano, une page d'éphéméride.

Yegor Shevtsov is a Ukrainian-born pianist based in New York City. As a soloist and a collaborative pianist, he has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Whitney Museum, and Tanglewood, among others.
 
In 2010, The New York Times lauded the "Mozartean elegance" that Shevtsov brought to his performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9. In a performance of Ralph Vaughn Williams' On Wenlock Edge, he was praised by the Miami Herald for his "superb musicianship and evocative piano playing." He holds a doctor of musical arts degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

+ Yegor Shevtsov: http://yegorshevtsov.com/

+ Shevtsov performing Debussy's Etude pour les notes répétées: http://youtu.be/KAmN_9l47J4

This performance is free + open to the public.

Evelyn's Café will open at 6 PM with a full menu of meals, snacks, and beverages as well as a selection of wines. Service continues after the performance. 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] Tarsem Singh's The Fall screening | Thurs 11/08, 7:30 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

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

SCREENING: SHADOW PLAY

The Fall

Directed by Tarsem Singh

Thursday, November 8, 2012, 7:30 PM

EMPAC Theater

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

$6

Set it a 1915 Los Angeles hospital, The Fall is a visually stunning fantasy film about a bedridden stunt man who entertains a curious little girl by telling her a fantastical story of exotic heroes and far off places that reflect his psyche. The reality of the hospital and the imaginary epic narrative become increasingly interdependent as the film progresses, until the demarcations of reality and fiction can no longer be discerned. The film takes place during the period of Hollywood's formation, and reflects on the fantastical and illusory nature of cinema.

Indian director Tarsem Singh is the son of an aircraft engineer. He was educated at Bishop Cotton Boy's School in Shimla. He studied business at Harvard and then film at the Art Center College of Design in California. Upon graduating, he embarked on a career as a director of music videos, working with such artists as Suzanne Vega, En Vogue, Vanessa Paradis, and R.E.M. He went on to make his feature film directorial debut with the visually striking The Cell (2000). Other films include The Fall (2006), Immortals (2011), and Mirror Mirror (2012).

+ trailer: http://youtu.be/iO0LYcCoeJY

+ imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460791/

+ wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_(2006_film)

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.

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