Artist Talk and Opening Reception for Elisabeth Subrin: The Listening Takes
David Winton Bell Gallery
Artist Talk and Opening Reception
Galleries open 5pm
Join award-winning artist and filmmaker Elisabeth Subrin for a conversation on her César nominated film portrait of subversive actress Maria Schneider (1952–2011) and the immersive sound, video, and sculptural installation, The Listening Takes, debuting at the Bell Gallery. A reception will follow.
Collaborating with the women who portray Maria (internationally acclaimed actress Manal Issa, and Aïssa Maïga and Isabel Sandoval, who are celebrated directors and actresses), The Listening Takes focuses on Schneider’s refusal within a 1983 interview to discuss her controversial lead role opposite Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in Paris (1972) and the non-consensual sex scene that she was subjected to on the set.
As she articulates her perspective as a woman within the film industry, Schneider reveals a devastating prescience about the ways women are defined within and beyond cinema.
Filmed for both black box theater and multi-channel gallery presentations, Subrin’s project untethers Schneider from Tango and allows the nuances of Maria’s interview to be reimagined within three extraordinary performances, each generously listening, and holding space, for one another.
David Winton Bell Gallery
List Art Center, Brown University
64 College Street, Providence, RI 02912
Open daily 11am–5pm; Thursdays 11am–8pm
Closed for installation until February 9
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