Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center

The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) is a place and a program where the arts, technology and science challenge and transform each other. Founded by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the nation’s oldest technological university, EMPAC draws strength from being part of a great research university. It provides unsurpassed facilities to artists, visiting scholars, researchers, engineers, designers, and audiences for creative exploration and research.