Two traveling eulogists encounter one another in a declining architectural estate. Riffing on official political stances, they gradually open a dreamlike grasping after the principles of revolutions and their failures.
EMPAC at Rensselaer in Troy invites Capital District Theater audiences to the one-night-only American premiere of Permanent Trespass by filmmaker Bassem Saad and writer Sanja Grozdanić on Friday, October 25 at 7PM. Presented in EMPAC Studio 1 Goodman Theater, on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.
Permanent Trespass (Beirut of the Balkans & the American Century)
Bassem Saad & Sanja Grozdanić
Friday, October 25 at 7PM
Tickets: $20 general / $15 seniors / $6 students
American Premiere!
Post-show reception, included with ticket
Touching on parallel histories?including the breakdown of the former Yugoslavia and ongoing crises in and around Lebanon?filmmaker Bassem Saad & writer Sanja Grozdani? begin their jointly authored stage performance as eulogists reflecting on ?professional mourning.? Eventually, Permanent Trespass unravels into a very different sort of historical reckoning. The characters must contend with the sense of an ending?of an epoch, of a revolution, of a regime.
Previously presented in Dro (Italy), The Hague, Beirut, and Frankfurt, this production is commissioned by EMPAC and NW Aalst (Belgium) to integrate a new sound score, film material, and additional experimental projection.
The artists approach this expanded version of Permanent Trespass as a cinepoem, building on avant-garde techniques for merging the sensibility of poetic writing with the possibilities of cinematic footage.
More info, tickets & plan your visit online
empac.rpi.edu
Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.
Questions? Call EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921
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Troy, NY 12180
On the campus of RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute