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'89 Seconds at Alcázar', is a fluid choreography, bringing together an ensemble of visual atmosphere, performance and process, inspired by the Western masterpiece 'Las Meninas' (Maids of ... See full summary

'89 Seconds at Alcázar', is a fluid choreography, bringing together an ensemble of visual atmosphere, performance and process, inspired by the Western masterpiece 'Las Meninas' (Maids of Honour) painted in 1656, by the Spanish painter Diego Velasquez. Sussman's interpretation of the painting that inspired this motion picture rendering is that 'Las Meninas' is a "film still that predates photography by 200 years". With this in mind, '89 Seconds at Alcázar' is realized as a ten-minute high definition video piece that allows the eternal moment depicted in the painting to exist as a fleeting gesture and continue as if the movement had occurred in daily life.

Shot in one day in a warehouse in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The set, which took over three weeks to construct and prepare, was torn down the following day.

First screened as part of the Whitney Biennial in 2004.