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EMPAC - The Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center @ Rensselaer (c) Peter Aaron / Esto

Press

The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is a place and a program where the arts, technology and science will challenge and transform each other. Founded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation’s oldest technological university, EMPAC draws strength from being part of a great research university. It will offer artists, visiting scholars, researchers, engineers, designers, and audiences opportunities that are available nowhere else under a single roof, providing unsurpassed facilities for creative exploration as well as for research in fields ranging from visualization to immersive environments to large-scale interactive simulations. EMPAC operates nationally and internationally, attracting creators from around the world, and sending new artworks and innovative ideas onto the global stage.

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Architectural Info:

2008.09.25: Architectural Fact Sheet (43K pdf)

2008.09.25: Architecural Photographs:

All Photos © Peter Aaron / Esto.

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Fabric Ceiling in Concert Hall	Looking up North curtain wall
Cast stone acoustical treatment in Concert Hall	North Curtain Wall facing South West toward downtown Troy, NY
Red cedar Concert Hall hull intersection with wall to outside looking West
Cast stone acoustical treatment in Concert Hall

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Recent Press Mentions:

2009.11: Center for Curatorial Leadership — Kathleen Forde, EMPAC’s Curator of Time-Based Art, is one of twelve outstanding curators named a 2010 Fellow by a panel of leading museum directors to participate in this national leadership training program.

2009.08: Alliance for the Arts — EMPAC is prominently mentioned – and credited for helping to make Troy “one of the most interesting places in the Hudson Valley” – in The Hudson Valley: A Cultural Guide. Recently published by the Alliance for the Arts as part of the Hudson Valley Quadricentennial celebration, the book is a comprehensive listing of more than 500 cultural destinations, illustrated with maps and photos.

2009.02: CHRONOGRAM — CHRONOGRAM Magazine: Totally Wired

2009.01: METROPOLIS — METROPOLIS Magazine: The Improbable Act

2008.11.10: archspace.com — arcspace.com profile of EMPAC

2008.10.21: Contact Magazine — Grimshaw Leads the Charge on Rensselaer EMPAC Project

2008.10.09: Albany Times Union — Participatory dance: Richard Siegal's As if Stranger pushes boundaries

2008.10.09: New York Times — A New Concert Hall Plays Up the Sound and Celebrates the Science

2008.10.05: Albany Times Union — EMPAC debut a technical triumph

2008.10.04: The Saratogian — RPI unveils new facility for the performing arts

2008.10.02: Associated Press (Washington Post) — NY university unveils new media and arts center

2008.10.01: Troy Record — EMPAC is the future of art exhibition

2008.10.01: New Music Box — At the Intersection of Art and Science

2008.10.01: Albany Times Union — Arts and science meet at EMPAC