rAndom International, Wayne McGregor, et al @ EMPAC: Dr. Philip Barnard: Cognition, Emotion and Action (TALK) :: February 17; 7:00 pm :: Dr. Philip Barnard, Scott deLahunta, Wayne McGregor on R-Research (panel discussion) :: February 23; 6:00 pm :: rAndom International: Real-Time Reactive Systems in Art and Design (TALK) :: February 24; 7:00 pm :: Wayne McGregor | Random Dance: ENTITY (PERFORMANCE) :: February 26 - 27, 2010, 8:00 pm :: EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY.

For two weeks, the London-based dance company Wayne McGregor | Random Dance is pursuing a creative residency at EMPAC, investigating tools, ideas, and visual design concepts for their current work-in-progress. Their work involves collaborations in research on the cognition of choreography and the development of new directions in scenography. To open up the process to our audience, talks and a panel discussion by collaborators, research partners, and Artistic Director Wayne McGregor are happening throughout the residency period. At the end of their stay, the company will perform ENTITY, a magnificent work of dance, sound and video projection.

Working at the fringes of innovation in science, art and design, rAndom International have developed a series of projects and installations that aim to re-interpret the ‘cold’ nature of digital-based work by providing the viewer with the opportunity for a more hands-on experience with technology. Their work emphasizes the ephemeral quality of information, harbors an intense curiosity toward experimental processes, and includes a body of diverse installations, commissioned works, and performance projects. More recently, rAndom International has investigated the potential of endowing usually inanimate objects and environments with behavioral qualities. As part of their evolving relationship with Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, they are designing the scenography for the company’s current work in progress to be premiered in 2010.