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From Friday at midnight to Saturday at midnight, they came, they saw, they constructed, and then they conquered. Led by artist Liz Glynn, a team of volunteers recreated the rise and fall of Rome in cardboard and reused building materials in the cleared out gallery space at the Arthouse. At the end of the one day feat, the participants took on the role of invading Visigoths and trampled the city to the ground.

For twenty-four hours over this weekend, an artist and a team of volunteers will accomplish a task said to be impossible: they will build Rome in a day. In her first exhibition in Texas, artist Liz Glynn will reprise her 24 Hour Roman Reconstruction Project at the Arthouse. Starting tonight at midnight, Glynn and a group of dedicated (if sleep deprived) volunteers will recreate the rise and fall of Rome in historical order, reenacting approximately 1.238 years of Roman history per minute. At midnight tonight, Romulus and Remus' huts will be built, at midnight tomorrow, Alaric and the Visigoths will destroy the empire of carefully constructed models. Participation in the construction (and ultimately, the destruction) of the model Rome is encouraged; admission to the weekend's festivities are free.

Tonight the Arthouse and the Paramount are joining forces to present a free screening of Eve Sussman's film The Rape of the Sabine Women. A modern interpretation of the legend that details the founding of Rome, Sussman's five-act film was inspired by paintings by Poussin and David. Originally recounted by Roman historian Livy, The Rape of the Sabine Women tells of how Romulus and his warriors abducted the daughters of the neighboring Sabine tribe in order to capture women who would go on to be the mothers of Rome. In Livy's telling, the term rape is used to mean abduction; Sussman's retelling of the story is more modern in both its setting and interpretation of the language.

For many, contemporary art is hit or miss - overly conceptual installations can confuse more than inspire. But when presented well, contemporary exhibits can speak to both lovers of abstract art and the casual observer. The latest incarnation of Arthouse's annual summer exhibit, New American Talent, is a great example of how contemporary art can be accessible to many audiences. Curated by Hamza Walker of the University of Chicago's Rennaissance Society, New American Talent features twenty-six artists from around the country with a particularly strong showing from Texas. New American Talent closes after this weekend, admission to Arthouse is free and they are open until 9pm on Thursday.

Don't miss the great art events taking place around town this weekend. Here are just a few of the highlights: Tonight from 7-10pm, Industry Screenprint Studio (2503 B E. 6th) is hosting another installment of PRINT+addiction, a t-shirt printing party that features the designs of a different artist each time. This month PRINT+addiction welcomes one of Austin's most prominent street artists, Matthew Rodriguez. The studio will set up their eight color screenprint press with eight designs created by Rodriguez. Participants will learn how to print their own shirt and can purchase a shirt for $15 or bring their own and pay a $5 printing fee.

A few notable art exhibitions are opening this weekend, here's a rundown of the highlights. New American Talent returns to the Arthouse with its twenty-fourth annual juired exhibit. NAT:24 has been juried by Hamza Walker, the Curator and Director of Education for the Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago; he will be at the museum on Saturday at 3pm for a discussion about the latest exhibit. Past New American Talent exhibitions have featured emerging contemporary artists with work in a variety of mediums. Out of the twenty six artists selected to be in this year's show, twelve live and work in Texas. Admission to the talk and the Arthouse is free. New American Talent: 24 runs through August 23.

Photos from Arthouse at Jones Center's 10th annual 5x7 Art Splurge & Exhibition last night. 5x7 anonymously displays art from hundreds of recognized artists whose identity is revealed only after purchase.

RESET/PLAY, Arthouse's interactive multimedia exhibit curated by Marcin Ramocki and Paul Slocum, borrows much of its aesthetics directly from old video games, but no one looking for nostalgia will find sentimentality here. The exhibition seems sparse at first, with an almost jarring amount of wall space between each screen, but the unique melding of science and politics with art and technology will keep the theorists among us talking for days.

The more conceptual aspects of gaming are getting special notice with the Arthouse's newest exhibit RESET/PLAY. The show, which opens Saturday, explores the use of video games as a medium for the inspiration of contemporary art. The international cast of artists with work on display at RESET/PLAY were brought together by guest curators, Marcin Ramocki of Brooklyn and Paul Slocum of Dallas. Slocum is a new media artist who, among other things is turning 1985 vintage Epson printers into musical instruments. Ramocki also makes technology inspired art and co-created the documentary film 8 BIT which examines how video games have influenced contemporary culture. The Arthouse has teamed up with the Austin Museum of Digital Art to present various events related to the exhibit. Both guest curators will be at the Arthouse on Saturday at 3pm to talk about the exhibit.

From now until June 1st, the Arthouse at the Jones Center is once again exhibiting over 1,000 diminutive works by 600 contemporary artists.

New York's LTL Architects have unveiled plans for a renovated Arthouse on Seventh and Congress. The building that is now the Arthouse was a department store in the 1950's and a theatre before that. Now it will again be a theatre, with a 90-seat screening room on the second floor and a large movie screen on the roof.