EVE SUSSMAN: The Rape of the Sabine Women

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 | 7:00 PM
The Paramount Theatre
713 Congress Avenue
Free admission


Eve Sussman/Rufus Corporation, Gomorrah, 2006. Video still from The Rape of the Sabine Women.

Arthouse presents the first-ever public screening in Texas of Eve Sussman's acclaimed video musical The Rape of the Sabine Women, with introduction by the artist and Q&A to follow.

ABOUT THE WORK
The Rape of the Sabine Women (2006) is a reinterpretation of the Roman myth, updated and set in the idealistic 1960's. With the Romans cast as G-men and the Sabines case as butchers' daughters, this version riffs on the original story of abduction and intervention in which, after the founding of Rome, Romulus devises a plan to ensure the future of the Empire.
Conceived in an operatic five act structure, Sussman's work is the product of 180 hours of video footage and 6000 photographs. Filmed on location in Athens, Hydra, and Berlin, the 80 minute video features compositions by Jonathan Bepler recorded live on site that incorporate a bouzouki ensemble, a Pergamene coughing choir, and a chorus of 800 voices.

Eve Sussman's The Rape of the Sabine Women Trailer from creativetime on Vimeo.