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Break ꩜ut Symposium 2025

November 14-15, 2025 Break Out ‘25 is a 2-day symposium celebrating the research, writing, and filmmaking of the 2025 UnionDocs UNDO Fellows. Join as we dive deep into the fellows’ evolving research with screenings, spirited dialogue, and shared inquiry! EMPAC / UNIONDOCS Symposium UnionDocs / The Undo Fellowship

Memory Without Measure

Saturday / November 1, 2025 at 1:00 pm Writer and film curator Yasmina Price offers a screening program featuring the work of radical filmmaker Sarah Maldoror to accompany the exhibition of artist Suneil Sanzgiri’s new commission An Impossible Address. Film/Video Sarah Maldoror and others

Decolonial Practices in Film: Be the Media! Workshop at Sanctuary for Independent Media

Wednesday / October 29, 2025 at 5:00 pm With a focus on the challenges facing emerging filmmakers, this Be the Media! workshop from The Sanctuary for Independent Media, invites film artists and audiences into the world of artist Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film An Impossible Address alongside the work of Albany arts organization YouthFX. Film/Video, Workshop Suneil Sanzgiri with Bhawin Suchak (YouthFX)

Installation: An Impossible Address

October 29-November 1, 2025 EMPAC is pleased to present the American premiere of artist and filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film An Impossible Address. Sanzgiri’s exhibition—offered alongside a related series of public programs—offers viewers an entrypoint into Sanzgiri’s experimentation with documentary form and the power of collective inheritance. Film/Video, Installation Suneil Sanzgiri

An Impossible Address

October 29-November 1, 2025 EMPAC is pleased to present the American premiere of artist and filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film An Impossible Address. Sanzgiri’s exhibition—offered alongside a related series of public programs—offers viewers an entrypoint into Sanzgiri’s experimentation with documentary form and the power of collective inheritance. Suneil Sanzgiri

We Will Not Be Composed | Oct. 24

Friday / October 24, 2025 at 7:00 pm We Will Not Be Composed challenges perceptions of women’s anger in America. Saxophonist Stevie Manning, author Soraya Chemaly, and new media artist Xuan collaborate utilizing Studio 1’s spatial audio capabilities to create this uniquely immersive live performance. Music/Sound Stevie Manning, Soraya Chemaly, and Xuan

EMPAC Multimedia Performance: Will Not Be Composed

October 20-24, 2025 We Will Not Be Composed is a multimedia performance created in collaboration with saxophonist and composer Stevie Manning, author and activist Soraya Chemaly, and new media artist Xuan to challenge perceptions of women’s anger in America. Manning and an ensemble of musicians build and rehearse the world premiere performance of the work utilizing the advanced spatial audio, video, and stage technologies of EMPAC Studio 1—Goodman. 

Graduate Certificates Review with Rensselaer at Work | Oct. 1

Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM - Join Rensselaer at Work Dean Aric Krause, Ph.D., in a 30-minute information session highlighting the whole range of Rensselaer’s online, project-based graduate certificate programs. These certificates are three courses in length, developing targeted ability groups, and can be completed in as little as seven months. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.
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