Worlds in Transition: The exhibition “Crime Scene Ephesos” and LA GRADIVA, a film by Marine Atlan.
What connects present-day Naples with ancient Ephesus? A suspenseful and at the same time mysterious story that begins where the facts end. Was it murder? The death of Cleopatra’s sister Arsinoë IV continues to raise questions to this day. The starting point of the exhibition “Tatort Ephesos” is an octagonal tomb discovered in Ephesus by Austrian archaeologists at the beginning of the 20th century. The skeleton found inside becomes an object of research, but also of imagination, against the backdrop of family and political power struggles. Spectacular finds, historical sources, and current research findings merge into a fascinating picture of a time marked by upheavals, splendour, and achievements.
By contrast, Marine Atlan’s feature debut, celebrated in Cannes, brings hidden and forgotten things to the surface almost eruptively. LA GRADIVA follows a group of French students on a trip to Naples and Pompeii that will change their lives. Amid ruins, bodies preserved by Vesuvius, and the gazes of the young people, antiquity begins to shimmer: history becomes the present, archaeological traces become projection screens for desires, memories, and fears. A film already considered a coming-of-age classic.
Fri, October 23, 4.30 pm • Fri, October 30, 4.30 pm
Neue Hofburg/Weltmuseum Wien
1st district, Heldenplatz
Registration at: viennale@khm.at
Limited number of participants
Meeting point: Entrance area of the Weltmuseum Wien (ticket area)
Information: 01 525 24-4028 or khm.at
Admission and guided tour are free of charge!
LA GRADIVA will be screened as part of the Viennale.
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