Collaboration
Exclusive Episode #127: Three of William Kentridge's long-time collaborators — Sabine Theunissen (Set Design), Catherine Meyburgh (Video Composite & Editing), and Kim Gunning (Video Control & Projection) — recount the creative process of mounting a production of The Nose (2010) at The Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Released: November 5th, 2010
Studio Manager Anne McIlleron
Exclusive Episode #126: Anne McIlleron, William Kentridge's studio manager, discusses the artist's working method and penchant for collaboration. (3:00)
Released: October 29th, 2010
Full Feature: William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
Watch the full William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible program in its entirety. (53:12)
Released: October 22nd, 2010
The Nose Opera Curtain
Exclusive Episode #125: Set designer Sabine Theunissen and scenic artist John Pitts share how the opera curtain for William Kentridge's production of The Nose (2010) was enlarged, by hand, from a humble collage. Filmed on location at Kentridge's studio in Johannesburg, South Africa, and at The Metropolitan Opera's workshop in The Bronx, New York. (4:14)
Released: October 21st, 2010
Weaver Marguerite Stephens
Exclusive Episode #124: Weaver Marguerite Stephens discusses translating the artist William Kentridge’s original concepts into intricate, large-scale tapestries. Located in Diepsloot (a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa), the Stephens Tapestry Studio employs a team of local weavers, spinners, and dyers who work on vertical looms using mohair spun in Swaziland. (3:48)
Released: October 15th, 2010
Preview: On Tapestries
In this excerpt from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, William Kentridge explains his attraction to the nature of tapestries and the process of tapestry making. (1:07)
Released: October 13th, 2010
Composer Philip Miller
Exclusive Episode #123: Composer Philip Miller talks about his long-time collaboration with William Kentridge, scoring and performing original music for the artist's animated films such as Felix in Exile (1994) and the multi-channel video installation I am not me, the horse is not mine (2009). (5:19)
Released: October 8th, 2010
Preview: On Johannesburg
In this excerpt from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, William Kentridge describes Johannesburg, South Africa, providing a social and historical context for his animated films, including Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City after Paris (1989). (1:36)
Released: October 6th, 2010
Peter Gelb, The Metropolitan Opera
Exclusive Episode #122: Peter Gelb, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, discusses the historical context and artistic sensibility of William Kentridge's 2010 production of Dmitri Shostakovich's The Nose (1928), based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol (1836). Featuring behind-the-scenes technical and dress rehearsals, as well as performances from the production's opening night. (5:28)
Released: October 1st, 2010
Preview: Thinking with Hands
In this excerpt from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, William Kentridge describes the "uncertainty and imprecision" in his process, while working on video animation for I am not me, the horse is not mine (2008) in his Johannesburg studio. (1:21)
Released: September 22nd, 2010
Preview: Life in the Studio
In this excerpt from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, William Kentridge discusses life in the studio as depicted in the films that comprise the series, 7 Fragments for Georges Mèliés (2003). (1:09)
Released: September 15th, 2010
Teaser #6
Sixth teaser video from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, a new hour-long film from the producers of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering October 21, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (0:21)
Released: September 14th, 2010
Teaser #5
Fifth teaser video from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, a new hour-long film from the producers of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering October 21, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (0:22)
Released: September 9th, 2010
Trailer #1
First trailer for William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, a new hour-long film from the producers of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering October 21, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (1:17)
Released: August 30th, 2010
Teaser #4
Fourth teaser video from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, a new hour-long film from the producers of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering October 21, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (0:22)
Released: August 25th, 2010
Teaser #3
Third teaser video from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, a new hour-long film from the producers of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering October 21, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (0:26)
Released: August 20th, 2010
Teaser #2
Second teaser video from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, a new hour-long film from the producers of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering October 21, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (0:18)
Released: August 13th, 2010
Teaser #1
First teaser video from William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, a new hour-long film from the producers of the Peabody Award-winning Art in the Twenty-First Century television series, premiering October 21, 2010 at 10:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). (0:21)
Released: July 30th, 2010
SFMOMA: William Kentridge on his process
From the SFMOMA, William Kentridge talks about his process of repeatedly erasing and reworking charcoal drawings to create his well-known stop-motion animated films. (2:56)
Released: June 30th, 2010
Pain & Sympathy
Exclusive Episode #100: With his video History of the Main Complaint (1996) serving as a backdrop, William Kentridge discusses how artists draw upon tragedy as subject matter for their work and how drawing itself can be a compassionate act. (2:54)
Released: April 2nd, 2010
WNET: SundayArts Profile on William Kentridge
SundayArts correspondent Melissa Chiu interviews artist, filmmaker and director William Kentridge. Introduction by former Metropolitan Museum of Art director, Philippe de Montebello. (10:47)
Released: March 6th, 2010
"Return"
Exclusive Episode #094: Shot in his Johannesburg studio in South Africa, William Kentridge reveals the process and unusual presentation of the video work Return—a component of the larger project (REPEAT) from the beginning / Da Capo (2008)—which had its debut on the fire screen of Teatro La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy. (2:58)
Released: February 19th, 2010
Met Opera: An Interview with William Kentridge on The Nose
Produced by the Metropolitan Opera, William Kentridge discusses his production of Shostakovich's The Nose. (4:08)
Released: February 18th, 2010
"Breathe"
Exclusive Episode #091: Shot in his Johannesburg studio in South Africa, William Kentridge reveals the process behind the video work Breathe — a component of the larger project (REPEAT) from the beginning / Da Capo that debuted at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and at the nearby Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in San Barnaba, Italy. (3:02)
Released: October 13th, 2009
Full Segment from "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 (2009)
Full segment from the Season 5 (2009) episode of the Art in the Twenty-First Century series, Compassion. (21:04)
Released: October 7th, 2009
Preview from "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 (2009)
Excerpt from the Season 5 (2009) episode of Art in the Twenty-First Century, Compassion.
Released: July 1st, 2009
