Required Events

Please attend at least 3 of the following events and write a short reaction paper for each, print, and hand in on the first class after the event.

Jennifer Tipton: Light Above the Hudson
01.11 - 02.03.2008
Dusk - 10:00 pm anywhere nearby! » Download lookout point map «
Acclaimed lighting designer Jennifer Tipton will turn the construction site into a dynamic light sculpture that can be seen intimately from nearby streets as well as from a distance across the Hudson and beyond. FREE and open to the public.
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Brian Holmes
West Hall Auditorium, RPI Campus
Feb 6 2008 7:30PM

Leading off the “Art and Islam: Electronic Representations and Local Communities” series, theorist Brian Holmes will present key overall questions that each residency will address from their own unique process and point of view. (Event Details)

Wafaa Bilal, video artist
West Hall Auditorium, RPI Campus
Mar 5 2008 7:30PM

Second in the series, “Art and Islam: Electronic Representations and Local Communities”, Iraqi-born artist Wafaa Bilal will present a lecture/performance. (Event Details)

Liz Aggiss and Billie Cowie: Men in the Wall
04.15 - 04.19.2008

A 3-D video installation where four men chat across the boundaries of their respective screens, looping through a sequence of poetry, song, stories, dance, and napping.
FREE and open to the public. Please attend at least one of the following:
PERFORMANCE LECTURE: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @ 8:00 PM
Academy Hall OPENING RECEPTION: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 @ 9:00 PM

Greene Gallery INSTALLATION:
Tuesday, April 15 - Saturday, April 19, 2008 INSTALLATION TIMES: Tuesday 4.15 4 - 10 pm
Wednesday 4.16 12 - 5:30 pm
Thursday 4.17 12 - 8 pm
Friday 4.18 12 - 8 pm
Saturday 4.19 2 - 8 pm

Open daily @ Greene Gallery — Rensselaer Campus
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Hasnul Saidon
West Hall Auditorium, RPI Campus
Apr 23 2008 7:30PM

Last in the series, “Art and Islam: Electronic Representations and Local Communities”, electronic artist Hasnul Saidon will present a lecture/performance. (Event Details)