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[HvEXAS] Got KRAUTROCK? Proctors this Saturday!

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:59:00 -0400

Prizes for Saturday's ROMANTIC WARRIORS: KRAUTROCK screening at PROCTORS in Schenectady, NY include...

A FAUST Tote Bag

A "GOT KRAUTROCK?" T-Shirt

A copy of the KRAUTROCK dvd autographed by the films' directors.

Plus, discounted dvd copies of the film will also be on sale!

You want more? "And more and more and more and more?"

We've got a bar! And sofa's! And probably the largest screen in the entire American Northeast!

Plus, arrive early to hear guitar virtuoso krautrockin' by the incomparable Scott Collins!

Got Tickets?

https://www.proctors.org/event/romantic-warriors-krautrock/

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[HvEXAS] Halloween w/THE BEYOND and FABIO FRIZZI (plus SAINT FRANKENSTEIN!)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:10:00 -0400

If you're...

   - a musician
   - a filmmaker

   - a fan of horror films

   - a fan of symphonic or progressive rock

   - someone who enjoys a great Halloween party

   - or... a proud Italian!

You will either be at this event, or... you may not really be what you believe you are!

COSTUMES ENCOURAGED!

http://www.proctors.org/events/beyond-composers-cut

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[HvEXAS] Italy's FABIO FRIZZI to perform COMPOSER'S CUT of THE BEYOND at Proctors

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 01:05:00 -0400

Holy crap! Proctors is absolutely THRILLED to be presenting the COMPOSER'S cut of THE BEYOND w/Live score by original composer Fabio Frizzi and his Frizzi 2 Fulci ensemble. On HALLOWEEN no less! And in freakin' Schenectady, NY! One of only 3 U.S. appearances!

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[HvEXAS] NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS album release party!

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:34:00 -0400

Already SELLING OUT at other venues across-the-country and around-the-world. Now on sale at PROCTORS (Schenectady, NY). You might want to buy tickets in advance for this one!

It Came From Schenectady presents NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING


	It Came From Schenectady presents NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS: ONE MORE TIME WITH FEE... Conceived as a performance film of songs from Skeleton Tree, the bands new album, to be released at midnight September 9th, One More Time With Feeling evolved into something far more significant as the films creative team delved into the tragic backdrop of the writing...
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[HvEXAS] Who are THE RESIDENTS? The masks come off Thursday night at Proctors.

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Mon, 30 May 2016 18:01:00 -0400

Who are THE RESIDENTS? The masks come off this Thursday night at 7pm at Proctors (Schenectady, NY). Learn the identities of the most famous unknown multi-media/musical artists ever. Or, if you're an artist, musician or creative of another stripe, come simply to be inspired by the life and work of these ultimate outsiders.

Theory of Obscurity: A Film about The Residents


			Theory of Obscurity: A Film about The Residents Details PLEASE SHARE WITH EVERY WEIRDO and OUTSIDER you know! The story of the renegade sound - and vision - of The Residents is clouded in mystery.
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[HvEXAS] ROXY: THE MOVIE at Proctors / Fundraiser for Zappa Archives

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:29:00 -0400

Fundraiser to help director Alex Winter (BILL from "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure") and the Zappa Family Trust restore the exhaustive audio/video elements in Zappa's private library, and also create the definitive "warts and all" documentary about Zappa.

Roxy: The Movie / Sneak peeks into Zappa's Vault / Skype w/Alex Winter!


			Roxy: The Movie / Sneak peeks into Zappa's Vault / ... WHAT: Benefit Screening of ROXY: THE MOVIE to help recover & restore Zappa's private audio/video archive! WHEN: Wednesday, April 20 at 7pm WHERE: ...
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[HvEXAS] Re: I AM THOR. Document of a Rock God! THIS Saturday.

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:37:00 -0500

SORRY! Due to issues beyond our control we have to cancel tonight's screening of I AM THOR at Proctors.

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[HvEXAS] Re: SPOT-ON review of I AM THOR (Sat. Nov. 21 at Proctors)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:12:00 -0500

SORRY! Due to issues beyond our control we have to cancel tonight's screening of I AM THOR at Proctors.

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[HvEXAS] TONIGHT'S "I AM THOR" CANCELLED.

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:12:00 -0500

SORRY! Due to issues beyond our control we have to cancel tonight's screening of I AM THOR at Proctors.

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[HvEXAS] SPOT-ON review of I AM THOR (Sat. Nov. 21 at Proctors)

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 10:55:00 -0500

A totally SPOT-ON review of the wonderful Rock-Doc, I AM THOR!

Sat. Nov. 21 at 7pm

Also, a secret "Nightmarish" 2nd Rock N' Roll feature

Tickets:

http://www.proctors.org/events/icfs-presents-i-am-thor

Night Visions 2015 Review: I AM THOR, From Naked Waiter To Rock Star To Retirement And Back Again


			Night Visions 2015 Review: I AM THOR, From Naked Wa... He was a bodybuilder, a naked waiter, and a Las Vegas showman before he became a rock star. Above all else, though, Jon Mikl Thor has always been...
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[HvEXAS] I AM THOR. Document of a Rock God! THIS Saturday.

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:02:00 -0500

I AM THOR w/secret "Nightmarish" 2nd feature
THIS Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7pm
GE Theatre at Proctors

"striking the right good-natured tone between admiration and amusement" - Variety

"frank, funny and oddly inspirational" - Toronto Star

"get ready to be entertained BIG TIME" - Forces of Geek

Jon Mikl Thor was a steel bending, brick smashing, bodybuilding, rock star in the 70's & 80's whose ultra-theatrical band THOR hit the scene alongside Kiss and Metallica. After a brief but memorable film career starring in the cult classics like Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare and Zombie Nightmare, Thor all but disappeared from the entertainment map. Then ten years into retirement, incapable of continuing to live like a "normal mortal human being", the Rock God resurrected his alter ego in an attempt to capture the one thing that had eluded him... a Platinum selling LP. Tracing the rise, fall, and rebirth of this charismatic and determined performer, I AM THOR paints a fascinating - and sometimes unbelievable - portrait of this larger-than-life icon.

I AM THOR (a rock doc) w/Nightmarish 2nd feature! | Facebook


			I AM THOR (a rock doc) w/Nightmarish 2nd feature! ... I'm doing your work for you again Paul Kazee! LOL
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[HvEXAS] Freak Out this Friday the 13th!

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:26:00 -0500

One last attempt to wake up the freaks!

VAMPYR! Accompanied by Gary Lucas.

THIS Friday at 7:30pm.

GE Theatre at Proctors

Gary will perform a solo concert after accompanying the film.

Here he is performing with CAPTAIN BEEFHEART on ICE CREAM FOR CROW (Gary is the featured guitarist wearing a tuxedo jacket).

Tickets: http://www.proctors.org/events/vampyr

Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (HIgh Resolution)


			Captain Beefheart - Ice Cream for Crow (HIgh Resolution) Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band; directed by Don Van Vliet (with much uncredited assistance from producer Ken Schreiber), cinematography by Daniel ...
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[HvEXAS] Gary Lucas (Beefheat; Gods and Monsters)w/film score AND solo concert on 11/13

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Thu, 5 Nov 2015 10:24:00 -0500

Friday the 13th

GE Theatre at PROCTORS

432 State Street

Schenectady, NY

Only $15. Easily the best deal at Proctors all year!

VAMPYR! Accompanied by Gary Lucas


			VAMPYR! Accompanied by Gary Lucas Written by Paul Kazee at Proctors Next week, Proctors will celebrate Friday the 13th with a much-too-rare screening of famed director Carl Theodor Dreyer's n...
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[HvEXAS] BEEFHEART guitarist to perform at PROCTORS

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:37:00 -0400

Gary Lucas, former guitarist for CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, will perform a solo concert AND also perform his original score to Dryer's 1932 vampire classic, VAMPYR at Proctors on Saturday, November 13.

ABOUT GARY LUCAS
"one of the best and most original guitarists in America" - Rolling Stone.
"the thinking man's guitar hero" - The New Yorker
"one of the most innovative and challenging guitarists playing today" - fRoots

ABOUT VAMPYR
Following the 1928 release of his PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, director Dreyer began production on VAMPYR. Featuring a female vampire, Dreyer's film did not make it to screens until a full year after 1931's DRACULA gave Bela Lugosi his most iconic role. Still, the nightmarish VAMPYR made a significant impression, being discussed and dissected to this day at art museums, film schools, and in dark, mysterious roadside taverns. Not so much about the vampire or even her destruction, VAMPYR explores the eerie, the unreal, the dark dreadful dreamlike shadow world within which evil incomprehensibly - yet inevitably - lurks.

Tickets are only $15 and now on sale here:
Vampyr! Accompanied by Gary Lucas


			Vampyr! Accompanied by Gary Lucas GARY LUCAS accompanies Carl Dreyer's legendary 1932 horror classic VAMPYR with his original solo guitar score. Then, Gary plays a special late night "CINE...
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GE Theatre at Proctors

432 State Street

Schenectady, NY.
518.346-6204

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[HvEXAS] Andrew Alden Ensemble to perform to 1925's THE LOST WORLD tonight

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:31:00 -0400

Times Union interview with leader of the ANDREW ALDEN ENSEMBLE who will perform TONIGHT at 7:30pm along with our screening of the recently restored THE LOST WORLD (1925).

GE THEATRE AT PROCTORS

432 State Street

Schenectady, NY

TICKETS:

The Lost World (1925)


			The Lost World (1925) Award-winning composer Andrew Alden (Berklee School of Music) brings an exciting and entertaining new score to THE LOST WORLD (1925). With influe...
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Albany native's music to accompany silent film at Proctors


			Albany native's music to accompany silent film at Pr... Composing scores for classic films suits movie and music lover Andrew Alden When the lights dim in Proctor's GE Theater on Thursday night and the scre...
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[HvEXAS] Dreyer's VAMPYR w/BEEFHEART guitarist GARY LUCAS!

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:05:00 -0400

A reminder... please be sure to purchase your tickets early!


			Vampyr! Accompanied by Gary Lucas GARY LUCAS accompanies Carl Dreyer's legendary 1932 horror classic VAMPYR with his original solo guitar score. Then, Gary plays a special late night "CINE...
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GE Theatre at Proctors

432 State Street

Schenectady, NY.
518.346-6204

THANKS!

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[HvEXAS] ADVANCE TIX to Gary "Beefheart" Lucas and VAMPYR

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Wed, 6 May 2015 15:42:00 -0400

Gary Lucas, former guitarist/manager for CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, will perform a solo concert AND also perform his original score to Dryer's 1932 vampire classic, VAMPYR at Proctors on Saturday, November 13.

Tickets don't go on sale to the general public until next week, but I've been allowed to share a special code with my friends allowing tickets to be purchased in advance, and since I want my co-workers to think I have far more friends than I actually do, I'm sharing the info here with all of you!

Tickets are only $15, and the secret code is: beefheart

Go to www.proctors.org/presale, or call Proctors at 518.346-6204 or visit the Box Office at 432 State Street, Schenectady, NY.

THANKS!

Paul

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[HvEXAS] TONIGHT!! TNO Afterparty | Friday, May 31st, 2013 | Ryan Kick, Jay Travis, Jay Balance, Properly Chilled

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Fri, 31 May 2013 09:47:00 -0400

The Troy Night Out Afterparty - Pre-Cicada Edition
Friday, May 31st, 2013
9:30pm - FREE!

lineup (approximate times)
9:30 Properly Chilled
11:30 Ryan Kick & Jay Balance (GoodHood)

1:00 Jay Travis

Did you know Cicada's invented DJing? For real. And since this month's lineup defines the TNO Afterparty, I've included the definition of DJing from the Cicada page on wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada#Cicada_song

Male DJs have loud noisemakers called "turntables" on the sides of the abdominal base. Their "spinning" is not the stridulation (where one structure is rubbed against another) of many other familiar sound-producing artists. Contracting the internal turntable muscles produces a bumping sound as the turntables buckle inwards. As these muscles relax, the turntables return to their original position producing another bump.

The interior of the male abdomen is substantially hollow to amplify the resonance of the sound. A DJ rapidly vibrates these membranes, and enlarged chambers derived from the dancefloor make its body serve as a resonance chamber, greatly amplifying the sound. The DJ modulates the sound by positioning its abdomen toward or away from the substrate, also know as "shaking it." Additionally, each species has its own distinctive "song".

Average temperature of the natural habitat for the North American species Trojan Disjockus is approximately 29 °C (84 °F). During sound production, the temperature of the turntable muscles was found to be significantly higher. DJs bump most actively in hot weather and do their most spirited bumping during the later hours of the last Friday in May, in a roughly 5 hour cycle.

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downtowntroy.org/special-events/troy-night-out.html
properlychilled.com

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[HvEXAS] REMINDER! Lisbeth Gruwez: It’s going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend | Fri May 10 at 8 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:53:00 -0400

Come catch the last performance of EMPAC's Spring season!

An interview with Lisbeth Gruwez in today's Times Union: http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Rants-serve-as-muse-for-dancer-at-EMPAC-4499741.php

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PERFORMANCE

Lisbeth Gruwez: It's going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend

Friday, May 10, 2013, 8 PM

EMPAC Studio 1 – Goodman

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

$18 general admission; $13 non-Rensselaer students, seniors, and Rensselaer faculty + staff; and $6 Rensselaer students

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2013/spring/worse-and-worse

Belgian-based choreographer and dancer Lisbeth Gruwez transforms a recorded speech by ultraconservative American televangelist Jimmy Swaggart into a disturbing gesture and dance form. Her body juggles with words, makes syllables, shouts, stammers, horrifies, and fascinates.

A speech can be a mighty weapon. Throughout the centuries it has enthused countless masses and mobilized them into action, for better or worse. It has unleashed revolutions and fueled wars. Such is the power of words.

The piece deals less with the direct meanings of words and phrases and more with the violence that can lie in the rhetorical strategies of someone in a trance-like state.

+ trailer: https://vimeo.com/41662794

Lisbeth Gruwez | Voetvolk is a performance group founded by dancer/choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez and composer/musician Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. Since 2007, Voetvolk has developed as an international contemporary dance and performance company. Lisbeth Gruwez and Maarten Van Cauwenberghe are artists-in-residence in the Troubleyn/Laboratorium of multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre.

Lisbeth Gruwez studied dance at the Stedelijk Instituut voor Ballet and at P.A.R.T.S. In 2006, she founded the dance performance group Voetvolk with Maarten Van Cauwenberghe. She starred in Caroline Strubbe's film Lost Persons Area, which won best screenplay at the Cannes film festival in 2009; she was nominated as Best Actress at the Flemish Film Awards for her role in the film. She also choreographed and danced with actress Juliette Lewis in a music video for her band Juliette and the Licks.

Gruwez has been working with multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre since 1999, and during her career has worked with Pierre Coulibeuf, Needcompany | Jan Lauwers, Grace Ellen Barkey, Riina Saastamoinen, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Peter Verhelst, Arco Renz, and Silvia Defrance, among others. http://www.voetvolk.be/

Musician and composer Maarten Van Cauwenberghe graduated from KU Leuven in 1998 with a degree in commercial engineering. Shortly thereafter, he started playing as a musician and performer with Jan Fabre. Their first joint project was As Long as the World Needs a Warrior's Soul. In 2006, Van Cauwenberghe and dancer/choreographer Lisbeth Gruwez founded the dance performance company Voetvolk. Their first production, Forever Overhead, premiered in 2007.

Van Cauwenberghe has composed music for Julia Sugranyes; the PolyDan production See-Sick; La Nuit est mère du jour of the Comédie de Valence; Ay'n, a dance performance of Louise Charon and Luc Van Den Dries; the documentary Yell for Cadel; and Voetvolk's Birth of Prey, among others; and composed the music and danced in Voetvolk's HeroNeroZero.

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 after the event. 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.

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.

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

[HvEXAS] Lisbeth Gruwez: It’s going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend | Fri May 10 at 8 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Wed, 1 May 2013 14:14:00 -0400

PERFORMANCE

Lisbeth Gruwez: It's going to get worse and worse and worse, my friend

Friday, May 10, 2013, 8 PM

EMPAC Studio 1–Goodman

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

$18 general admission; $13 non-Rensselaer students, seniors, and Rensselaer faculty + staff; and $6 Rensselaer students

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2013/spring/worse-and-worse

+ trailer: https://vimeo.com/41662794

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

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

[HvEXAS] The Third Man free outdoor screening | Thurs May 9 at 8 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:06:00 -0400

SCREENING: SHADOW PLAY

The Third Man

Directed by Carol Reed

Thursday, May 9, 2013, 8 PM

Outdoor screening

EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

FREE

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2013/spring/third-man

Shrouded in darkness, Carol Reed's classic film noir, The Third Man, follows pulp novelist Holly Martin as he unravels the circumstances behind his friend's death in Vienna, a situation that increasingly resembles a plot from one of his own novels. Starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles, The Third Man won an Academy Award in 1951 for Robert Krasker's lush cinematography. Hailed as one of the greatest British films ever made, The Third Man combines wit with a sense of existential crisis, which is visually reinforced through the film's dramatic use of light and shadow.

+ trailer: http://youtu.be/2wlKhPtq5J8

+ wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Man

+ IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/

One of the English cinema's best craftsmen, Sir Carol Reed distinguished his career from contemporaries Luis Buñuel and Alfred Hitchcock by considering himself an entertainer, not an artist. Director Michael Powell observed that Reed "could put a film together like a watchmaker puts together a watch." Reed was prolific over his 40-year career, and is best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968). He won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for The Third Man in 1949 and the 1968 Academy Award for Best Director for Oliver!

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.

This event is free and open to the public. In the case of inclement weather, the free screening will move indoors to the Theater.

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 during the event. 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.

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

[HvEXAS] Ryoichi Kurokawa: syn_ | Fri May 3 at 8 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:17:00 -0400

PERFORMANCE

Ryoichi Kurokawa: syn_
Friday, May 3, 2013, 8 PM
EMPAC Studio 1 – Goodman
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

$18 general admission; $13 non-Rensselaer students, seniors, and Rensselaer faculty + staff; and $6 Rensselaer students

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2013/spring/syn

Ryoichi Kurokawa's audiovisual work syn_ obscures familiar everyday imagery with vibrating, impossibly detailed geometric constellations. Performed live on dual projection screens, his visuals are accompanied with clouds of sound that pulse in accord to construct a sensory experience of overwhelming energy.

Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa's works take multiple forms, including installations, recordings, and concert pieces. His audiovisual compositions bring visual and sonic materials together using a completely revolutionary perspective. His works have been shown at international festivals and museums including the Tate Modern (London), Venice Biennale, Transmediale (Berlin), and Sonar (Barcelona). In 2010, he was awarded the Golden Nica at Prix Ars Electronica in the Digital Music and Sound Art category. He lives and works in Berlin.

+ Ryoichi Kurokawa: http://www.ryoichikurokawa.com/

+ video+audio clip: http://vimeo.com/61347519

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

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

[HvEXAS] The Films of Laurie Anderson with special guest Pauline Oliveros | Thurs May 2, 5+8PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:21:00 -0400

SCREENING + PERFORMANCE
The Films of Laurie Anderson
with special guest Pauline Oliveros
Thursday, May 2, 2013, 5+8PM
EMPAC Concert Hall
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
$6 each
http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2013/spring/films-laurie-anderson
An evening of film and video screenings with Laurie Anderson and special guest Pauline Oliveros

These back-to-back presentations will provide audiences with a unique opportunity to be fully immersed in Laurie Anderson's films and videos. She will lead us through two separate screening programs, including many of her works. The 8PM presentation will be capped off with a screening of a silent film to which Anderson and Pauline Oliveros play together.

One of America's most renowned performance artists, Laurie Anderson's genre-crossing work encompasses performance, film, music, installation, writing, photography, and sculpture. She is widely known for her multimedia presentations and musical recordings. She has had countless collaborations with an array of artists, from Jonathan Demme and Brian Eno to Bill T. Jones and Peter Gabriel. She has published six books, produced numerous videos, films, radio pieces, and original scores for dance and film. In 2007, she received the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for her outstanding contribution to the arts. She lives in New York City. http://www.laurieanderson.com/

Pauline Oliveros' life as a composer, performer, and humanitarian is about opening her own and others' senses to the many facets of sound. Since the 1960s, she has profoundly influenced American music through her work with improvisation, meditation, electronic music, myth, and ritual. All of Oliveros' work emphasizes musicianship, attention strategies, and improvisational skills. Many credit her with being the founder of present day meditative music, and she has been celebrated worldwide. Sounding the Margins, a forty-year retrospective, was recently released in a six CD boxed set from Deep Listening. http://www.paulineoliveros.us/

+ Albany Times Union article on residency + Spring 2013 presentations: http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Laurie-Anderson-to-speak-at-EMPAC-as-part-of-her-4261470.php

Tickets are $6 for each screening; to see both, tickets must be purchased separately for each.

Evelyn's Café will open at 4 PM with a full menu of meals, snacks, and beverages as well as a selection of wines. Service continues between and after 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.

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

[HvEXAS] Marie Brassard: Trieste free multimedia theater performance | Sat Apr 27, 8 PM | EMPAC

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 07:57:00 -0400

PERFORMANCE

Marie Brassard: Trieste
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8 PM
EMPAC Theater
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

FREE (reservations recommended)

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2013/spring/trieste

Trieste: a contemporary fable inspired by the town of Trieste woven through movement, text, and video

Marie Brassard and Infrarouge, her Montreal-based theater company, will finish developing their latest work, Trieste, during an EMPAC production residency. Trieste is a contemporary fable inspired by the Italian city of the same name located on the Adriatic Sea.

The performance unfolds in five segments, each relating to one feature of Trieste: The Abyss, The Caves, The Sea, The Castles, and The Bora. As in the board game Snakes and Ladders, where destiny is randomly decided, protagonists climb or fall from one level to another through breaches in the storyline.

During their residency, the company will concentrate on the development of reactive video, light, and sound environments. The intention is to adapt stage technology to create an environment where each component behaves with a mix of accidental and planned responses to the actions of the performers.

After several years of collaboration with director Robert Lepage, actress, director, and author Marie Brassard decided to set up her own platform for creating work.

Since 2001, her Montreal-based company, Infrarouge, has created diverse and multidisciplinary works such as Jimmy (2001), The Darkness (2003), Peepshow (2005), The Glass Eye (2007), The Invisible (2008), and Me Talking to Myself in the Future (2010). In addition to the company's newest work Trieste, a dance solo for Sarah Williams entitled Moving in this World is in development. Infrarouge has presented work in several countries throughout Europe, the Americas, and in Australia.

Current collaborators include musicians and performance artists Jonathan Parant and Alexandre St-Onge, set designer Simon Guilbault, lighting designer Mikko Hynninen, filmmaker Karl Lemieux, and technical director Vincent Repentigny.

+ Marie Brassard: http://infrarouge.org/?cat=26&lang=en

+ Infrarouge: http://infrarouge.org/

This event is free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended and can be made in person at the EMPAC Box Office or over the phone at 518.276.3921. Tickets will be available for pick-up starting at 6 PM the evening of the performance; they must be claimed by 7:45 PM or they will be released.

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

[HvEXAS] Quay Brothers: Selections from Phantom Museums screening | Thurs April 18, 7:30 PM | EMPAC, Troy, NY

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas G Henry) — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:35:00 -0400

SCREENING: SHADOW PLAY

Quay Brothers: Selections from Phantom Museums

Thursday, April 18, 2013, 7:30 PM

EMPAC Theater

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

http://empac.rpi.edu/events/2013/spring/quay-brothers

Featuring selections from the Quay Brothers' compendium of short films, Phantom Museums spans their 30-year career. Renowned for their unparalleled contributions to the field of puppet film, identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay combine visual, literary, musical, and philosophical influences with a singular sensibility. Inspired by the films of Jan Svankmajer and Jiri Barta, the Quay Brothers bring together the quaintness and delicacy of early animation with painstakingly hand assembled sets in their films.

Identical twins Stephen and Timothy Quay are Philadelphia-born, London-based masters of stop-motion puppet animation and live-action film. Collaborating since 1969, their work has been deeply influential in the field of puppet film. They attended art school together at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and at the Royal College of Art in London in the late 1960s. After moving to London, they made their first short animated films: Der der Loop Loop; Il Duetto; and Palace in Flames. Their most famous film, Street of Crocodiles (1986), is a 21-minute animation based on a short novel by Bruno Schulz.

The work of the Quay Brothers has also appeared in advertising and music videos, most notably the music video for Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer. The Brothers Quay are the recipients of the 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for their work on the play The Chairs. Stephen and Timothy Quay are both professors of animated film at the European Graduate School in Switzerland.

+ excerpt from Street of Crocodiles (1986): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNOfsJz4TjA

+ wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_Quay

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.

Tickets for this screening 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