William Kentridge

"For this exhibition at Arsenale Institute for Politics of Representation in Venice, William Kentridge, renowned for his animated drawings for projection, as well as his sculpture, theatre and opera productions over the last forty years, collaborates with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, friend and author of the foundational monograph on his work published in 1998, to premiere his intriguing new nine-episode video series, SELF-PORTRAIT AS A COFFEE-POT. This exhibition of thirty-minute episodes by Kentridge, originally intended as a series for online viewing, is an experiment in embodiment and phenomenological experience in the digital age, and a reflection on what might happen in the brain and in the studio of an artist, today. Shot in his Johannesburg studio during and in the aftermath of the 2020-2022 Covid-19 pandemic, and completed in 2023, SELF-PORTRAIT AS A COFFEE-POT will be viewed in a unique concentrated environment that partially recreates the studio where the works were made." -- eflux.com, viewed 26 September 2024.