The inspiration for this piece is the fantasy that 
cultural memory may reside in even in the most 
quotidian of everyday phenomena, such as soap
bubbles, where mythological battles and scenes 
are replayed constantly. Somewhere in the statistical 
noise of soap bubbles, is the din of battle.

Sabinium is a short abstract animation loosely based 
on an early Roman mythological tale. The historical
legend of the founding of Rome by Romulus and 
his followers. The tale of the Sabine women takes 
place in central Italy at a time when the Roman 
Empire (led by Romulus) was in it's formative stages. 
After a short time it was realized that the Roman 
Empire would falter in a generation or two because 
of lack of women for the early Romans to breed with 
and produce male children. At first the Romans 
asked for the women. When their offer was turned 
down the Romans invited the people of the Sabine 
region to a festival for a celebration to the god Neptune. 
Many of the Sabine tribe showed up and halfway 
through the planned event the Romans surprised 
the guests and abducted most of the Sabine women. 
After raping the women, Romulus ordered his men to 
treat the women as goddesses. When the Sabine men 
later returned for their women, they were rejected. 
The women were now content and chose to stay with
the Romans. The Romans and the Sabines were 
reconciled and the city of ROME could continue 
on the path to greatness.

Produced and conceived by Ken Ueno and Harvey Goldman