Work-in-progress to be previewed at RPI

TROY, N.Y.>> Interactive- electronics theater artist and writer Andrew Schneider is letting an early audience into the world of his workin-progress called FIELD.

The preview event will take place at 8 p. m. on Thursday at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center ( EMPAC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to ensure admission, which is free.

This performance will cap the third in a series of EMPAC production res- idencies, during which Schneider has worked on the follow-up to YOUARENOWHERE, the winner of an Off-Broadway Theater Award (Obie) in 2015.

The new show, an EMPAC commissioned work, will receive its soft launch at the Troy venue in fall 2017 before premiering in New York City.

FIELD explores the physics and temporality of parallel universes and perception. Schneider and his collaborator, sound designer and artist Bobby McElver, use lighting, projection mapping, and 3D sound spatialization to create an immersive environment inside of a non-linear narrative that leads view- ers to consider where they are and how they got there.

Andrew Schneider is a Brooklyn- based artist who creates and performs in original performance works and videos and builds interactive electronic artworks and installations. Schneider was a Wooster Group company member (video/performer) from 2007-2014 and has shown his work at 3LD in New York, the Melbourne Arts Festival, LIFT Festival, and in theaters across France, including Maillon, Théâtre de Strausbourg, and Théâtre de Gennevilliers.

For further information visit empac.rpi.edu.