William Kentridge’s project for TEVERETERNO, Triumphs and Laments: A Project for the City of Rome (2016), was a large-scale, 550 meter-long frieze, erased from the biological patina on the travertine embankment walls that line Rome’s urban waterfront. Exploring dominant tensions in the history of the Eternal City from past to present, more than eighty figures, up to 10 meters high, represent Rome’s greatest victories and defeats from mythological time to present, forming a silhouetted procession on Piazza Tevere, between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Mazzini.
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The work opened on April 21, 2016 with the premiere of a theatrical event created in collaboration with composer Philip Miller, soloists Joanna Dudley, Lavinia Mancusi, Ann Masina, Bham Ntabeni, Patrizia Rotonda featuring live shadow play and two processional marching bands performing against the backdrop of the frieze.
TEAM
Artistic Director: Kristin Jones
Technical Director: Gianfranco Lucchino STEP S.r.l.
Scenic Designer: Tiziano Fario
Sound Design: David Monacchi
Composer: Philip Miller
Musical Director: Thuthuka Sibisi
Soloists: Joanna Dudley, Lavinia Mancusi, Ann Masina, Bham Ntabeni, Patrizia Rotonda
Executive Producer: THE OFFICE performing arts + film
Presented by: TEVERETERNO, Onlus, and Roma Capital
Press
Art21 Magazine: “Triumphs and Laments: A Procession Across Time”—An Interview with William Kentridge
Hyperallergic: William Kentridge Plans Massive, Vanishing Mural in Rome
