This past Monday, RPI gave a preview of its Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in The Duke, a black box 200 seat theater on New York City’s 42nd Street.
President Shirley Ann Jackson, eMPAC Director Johannes Goebel, and Sir Nicholas Grimshaw led the preview. Among those present were media, members of the New York City arts community, and invited guests.
The event featured two multimedia performances that were meant to emphasize eMPAC’s developments and future, three models of the structure, and a plasma screen rendering of the building.
The construction of eMPAC is expected to cost more than $140 million. When complete, eMPAC will include a theatre, concert hall, and a studio. Renderings from the architect are available at http://empac.rpi.edu/.
