EMPAC and the Filament Festival [
Troy, NY]

EMPAC (Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center) presents Filament festival:: October 1 – 3, 2010 :: at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY, USA 12180 :: 518.276.3921
Filament is a festival of new work in performance, visual arts, sound, and media. It highlights EMPAC’s mission to support international and national artists in the creation and production of work via its residency and commissioning programs.
Performances and installations include:
MTAA (NYC): a barn raising driven by audience participation
Hans Tutschku (Cambridge, MA): a 24-channel immersive sound installation
BalletLab (Australia): choreographic hysteria based on cult behavior, embedded in a dense soundscape
Yanira Castro (NYC): a performance ecosystem where sound and dance environments envelop both audience and artists Continue reading