Sala Abierta [Open Gallery] 12 Lucile Littot
ÉRÈBE, 2013
Fiction
15 min
From March 1 to April 18, 2021
Sala Abierta is an intangible space that is part of the MAZ galleries.
- Los Angeles has transformed into Erebus, an imaginary realm situated between the world of the living and the dead, devoted to an enigmatic cult worshiping the goddess Aphrodite-Bunny. Demetrio, a trendy sculptor, idle and narcissistic, is desired by the most beautiful women in the city: Reina, Baquis, and Athena. However, his heart remains as cold as marble.
One day, he crosses paths with Khrysis and falls in love with her. She demands three tokens of his love: he commits three thefts for her, believing his dream will come true. He then asks Khrysis to pose as his model with the three stolen objects, unknowingly sentencing her to death—eternal life engraved in stone. As Khrysis is thus canonized, all the other characters undergo a transformation, crossing the threshold into the Underworld. The profaned statue of Aphrodite-Bunny becomes Persephone-Bunny, initiated by the Furies and the Night into the Realm of the Dead.
Érèbe is a free adaptation of Pierre Louÿs’ novel Aphrodite: Ancient Manners.
ÉRÈBE – Fiction – HD – 15 min – 2013 – Los Angeles
Starring: Rick Barzell, Abigail Bean, Candace Frazee, Lucile Littot, Aaron Montaigne, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Alison Perry, Zumi Rosow, Mercedes Kilmer
Camera: Christopher Slater, Camille Vanoye, Abigail Bean
Editing: Nathalie Rogers, Raphaelle Feraille, Lucile Littot
Costume: Miss KK and Lucile Littot
Special Makeup Effects: Karon Davis
Lighting: Bender Al Bashir
Original Music: Jonathan Mandabach
Sound Editing: Davin Presnall
Color Correction: Matthew Fisher
Érèbe premiered at The Underground Museum in Los Angeles in 2014 and was selected for the Essai-Video Art competition at the Côté Court short film festival in Pantin, France, in 2015.
Lucile Littot
(France, 1985)
Lucile Littot is an artist, performer, and director born in 1985. She graduated from the École Supérieure d’Art de Rueil-Malmaison in 2008. She has participated in several group exhibitions in Paris, London, Berlin, Prague, and Los Angeles. Her first solo exhibition was held in December 2012 at The Impermanent Collection in Los Angeles.
She wrote and directed the short film Melancholic Sabbath in 2010. Currently, she lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited in various galleries and museums, including Night Gallery and High Art.