March 28 - April 27, 2025
Oregon Contemporary
Group exhibition
Outer Voice: Trajectories
Julia Calabrese
Roland Dahwen
Marcus Fischer
Bridgette Hickey
Leslie Hickey
KT Kusmaul
Sarah Rushford
Ash Stone
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About THE HOUSE OF ASTERION (ASTERION HOUSETOUR)
Roland Dahwen
5 minutes, color, 2025.
«I pretend that he comes to visit me and I show him my house.»
In the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, the hero Theseus kills the Minotaur (a beast with the body of a man and the head of a bull). The Minotaur lives in a labyrinth, which Theseus navigates with the help of a ball of thread, given to him by the princess Ariadne.
This film imagines the Minotaur (named Asterion), giving a tour of his house, where he passes his days in solitude, awaiting his Redeemer.
Based on the story «La casa de Asterión» by Jorge Luis Borges. Adapted and translated by Roland Dahwen. Camera by Halle Frost. Music by Shao Way Wu and Randy Porter.
