New York-based artist Eve Sussman is internationally renowned for her provocative and lushly filmed videos that reinterpret themes from the history of art in distinctly new ways. A leading figure in contemporary video art, Sussman has transformed the medium through a use of lavish production values and stylized methods of filming.

Sussman’s critically acclaimed video, The Rape of the Sabine Women (2007), which she created with the multi-disciplinary artistic collaborative the Rufus Corporation, is featured in the IMA’s exhibition Adaptation: Video Installations by Ben-Ner, Herrera, Sullivan, and Sussman & The Rufus Corporation. Filmed in Germany and Greece, this ambitious feature-length video presents an epic retelling of the founding myth of ancient Rome set in contemporary times.

In her lecture at the IMA, Surveillance as a Narrative Device in the Motion Pictures of the Rufus Corporation, Sussman will share insights into her wide-ranging experiments in film and video.

Adaptation Reception
Stay for a reception after the talk in Pulliam Great Hall from 8-10 pm. View the Forefront exhibition Adaptation, snack on light hors d’oeuvres and enjoy a cocktail from the cash bar.

Image credit: Jeff's Kennedy Moment, 2005. Production Still from The Rape of the Sabine Women. Photo by Daniel Teige for The Rufus Corporation.