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
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
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
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
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
“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
“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
