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Residencies
EMPAC is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for both its Artist in Residence and its Scholar and Researcher in Residence programs.
Summer 2009 Residencies
Artists from around the world will occupy EMPAC, availing themselves of the building's unique resources and collaborating with our curatorial and technical staff to test and advance their projects. The residencies vary in duration and scope: Artists are free to focus on specific technical challenges, to fine tune or to experiment and wholly re-imagine their pieces, The works in development range from a multi-media opera to an experiment in data visualization as the distillation of the Earth's “vital statistics;” from an immersive work combining actual and virtual architecture as a hybrid site for both avatars and human viewers to a series of short theatrical pieces by legendary performance-artist Laurie Anderson.
» Summer 2009 Residency Schedule Press Release (pdf)
Artist in Residence Program
The combination of artist-driven content with new, high-end technology stands at the center of EMPAC’s artistic activities. Artists’ projects will intersect with research in science, engineering and the humanities, challenge and inform each other, and lead to new approaches and insights in all these disciplines. To this end, EMPAC provides an environment that supports the realization of complex works at any stage from inception to completion. Along with a state-of-the-art facility, EMPAC offers residents the support of a staff of experts in audio, video, interactive interfaces, and stage technologies.
Scholar and Researcher in Residence Program
EMPAC is creating an environment of fertile creation, cross-pollination, and intellectual stimulation. Faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, visiting scholars and researchers will participate in the formation of an intellectual community in scientific and engineering disciplines that may also engage perceptual and artistic knowledge and practice. EMPAC will be a platform for areas such as augmented and virtual reality, scientific visualization, audification, haptics, human/machine interaction, auralization, and large-scale multi-modal environments.