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Educators' Guide and Screening Companion EDUCATORS’ GUIDE AND SCREENING COMPANION Contents introduction 1 The Film & Guide 2 About the Artist & Sources of Inspiration 3 Teaching with the Film & Art21 Online film chapters 4 Chapters 1 / 2 Prologue / Drawing & Animation 6 Chapter 3 South Africa 8 Chapter 4 Music & Opera 10 Chapter 5 Illusion 12 Chapter 6 Studio Process 14 Chapter 7 Projection & Performance 16 Chapter 8 Making of The Nose 18 Chapters 9 / 10 Performing The Nose / Epilogue screening the film 20 Screening the Film 21 Screening Themes 23 See more Art21 Staff Executive Director: Susan Sollins Managing Director/Series Producer: Eve Moros Ortega Managing Director: Sara Simonson Associate Curator: Wesley Miller Director of Education and Public Programs: Jessica Hamlin Manager of Education and Public Programs: Marc Mayer Senior Education Advisor: Joe Fusaro Manager of Digital Media and Strategy: Jonathan Munar Director of Special Projects: Kelly Shindler Senior Development Officer: Diane Vivona Development Assistant: Heather Reyes Director of Production: Nick Ravich Production Coordinator: Ian Forster William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible Executive Producer and Director: Susan Sollins Director: Charles Atlas Editors: Mark Sutton, Mary Ann Toman Co-Producer: Eve Moros Ortega Guide Authors: Jessica Hamlin, Joe Fusaro, and Marc Mayer Guide Editor: Kelly Shindler Junior Designer: Daniel Barrett Guide and Public Programs Intern: Danielle Canter introduction the film & guide the film William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible is a one-hour documentary that provides an intimate look at the creative process, political and artistic philosophies, and personal background of William Kentridge. Kentridge is a South African artist whose acclaimed charcoal drawings, animations, video installations, shadow plays, mechanical puppets, tapestries, sculptures, live performance pieces, and operas have made him one of the most dynamic and exciting contemporary artists working today. The film features Kentridge working in his studio and discussing his artistic philosophy and techniques. William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible premiered on PBS stations nationwide on October 21, 2010. the guide This Guide is designed to accompany the film and website for William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible. It offers suggestions for facilitating discussions and activities, as well as screening the film with classroom and community audiences. We encourage you to use the film and online content in tandem with the Season Five Art21 Educators’ Guide from the Art in the Twenty-First Century broadcast series and other resources found on Art21’s websites. art21, inc. Art21 is a non-profit organization that illuminates the creative processes of today’s visual artists through the production of documentary films, interpretive media, and live programs that stimulate critical reflection as well as conversation. Based in New York, with a global reach on television and online, Art21 projects also include workshops for teachers, public screenings and lectures, and social media initiatives. introduction about the artist sources of inspiration Born William Kentridge cites many historical, literary, cinematic, and 1955, Johannesburg, South performance sources in relation to his work. These provide a rich collection of ideas, topics, and themes to discuss and explore. Africa Education University of the The history of South Africa and Johannesburg, including issues of Witwatersrand, segregation, apartheid, and violence Johannesburg; Johannesburg Kentridge’s family history, including the story of Jews in South Art Foundation; L’École Africa, their exodus from Lithuania during Czarist Russia, and an Internationale de Théâtre ongoing connection to Eastern Europe and Russia Jacques Lecoq, Paris Kentridge’s personal story about becoming an artist Lives and Works Johannesburg, South Africa The Magic Flute and themes related to The Age of Enlightenment, including rationality and monarchy Having witnessed first-hand one of the twentieth century’s most The early animation and drawing of Georges Méliès, particularly contentious struggles—the dissolution of apartheid—William his 1902 film,A Trip to the Moon Kentridge brings the ambiguity and subtlety of personal experience to public subjects often framed in otherwise narrowly defined Vaudeville, cinema, and magic terms. Using film, drawing, sculpture, animation, and performance, Russian history, literature, and poetry; Russian Modernism, he transmutes sobering political events into powerful poetic Formalism, Constructivism, and Socialist Realist painting allegories. In a now-signature technique, he photographs his The story of The Nose was written by Nikolai Gogol in 1836, charcoal drawings and paper collages over time, recording scenes which inspired the 1928 opera by Dmitri Shostakovich as they evolve. Working without a script or storyboard, he plots out each animated film, preserving every addition and erasure. Aware of myriad ways in which we construct the world by looking, Kentridge also uses stereoscopic viewers and creates optical illusions with anamorphic projection to extend his drawings-in- time into three dimensions. While Kentridge’s youthful notion of becoming a conductor was never fully realized, music has always played an important role in his art. In 2005, he both directed Mozart’s The Magic Flute (2007) and created Black Box/Chambre Noire (2005), a combination of miniature mechanized puppetry, animated films, kinetic sculptures, and drawings set to various pieces of music, including some from The Magic Flute. After being approached by the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Kentridge staged Dmitri Shostakovich’s 1928 opera The Nose, which premiered in March 2010. Invisible Mending, from 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès, 2003. 35mm and 16mm animated film transferred to video, 1:20 min. Installation at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. 2 introduction teaching with the film art21 online William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible presents art21.org a wide range of Kentridge’s work—from his Art21’s website presents original Art21 films, drawings and sculpture, to animations, films, complete episodes of the PBS series, artist and performances. The film also explores projects, editorial content, and educational topics relevant to studio art, art history, and the resources. It is a stand-alone site featuring humanities, as well as themes central to his artistic more than 86 artists, 300 video clips, 2,800 practice including: photographs of artwork and production stills, 200 artist interviews, and interactive content The role of the artist in society for educators, as well as a growing archive of multimedia material focused on films, Narrative and storytelling contemporary art, artists, and ideas. Personal and social histories art21.org/anythingispossible Process and play The Art21 companion website extends the experience of the film by providing additional Collaboration Art21-produced videos about Kentridge and his collaborators, background material about the film and artist, slideshows of Kentridge’s work and working process, interview For educational purposes, the 10 chapters transcripts, and educational resources. presented in the DVD version of the film provide opportunities to investigate a particular narrative or theme. Each chapter is five to eight minutes in blog.art21.org length. This Guide provides discussion questions Art21’s blog is a dynamic site that presents and activities relevant to each one. daily artist updates, weekly columns, in-depth discussion features, and more. Discussion questions that engage students prior pbs.org/art21 to watching the film encourage active viewing. Art21 on pbs.org chronicles the television During viewing, there are many opportunities series Art in the Twenty-First Century. to pause and have students focus on particular images, quotes, or ideas to help facilitate understanding. After viewing, students and teachers can reflect on what they have seen, Stay informed and join the conversation processing ideas and creating work based on a facebook.com/art21 variety of suggestions related to each chapter. twitter.com/art21 youtube.com/art21org On the film’s companion website, Art21 provides resources and opportunities to connect themes in the Guide to online slideshows, videos, interviews, essays, and links to further contextual information. We encourage educators to learn more about these topics and to connect them with related discussion questions, activities, and screening ideas. From the filmWilliam Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, 2010. 3 chapter 1 chapter 2 Prologue Drawing & Animation William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible opens with a montage of images of Kentridge’s work, from drawings and sculptures to films, projections, and live performances, including his staging of Dmitri Shostakovich’s opera The Nose (written in 1928), commissioned in 2005 by the Metropolitan Opera. In Chapter 2, Kentridge recounts his early career, which began with a series of false starts as he meandered through exploratory pursuits in drawing, acting, and production design for film and television. In his late 20s, he followed the advice of a friend and devoted himself to making art. Kentridge is shown in his studio working. He discusses his early films, in which he began animating his “My job is charcoal drawings using an unusual technique. He draws, erases, and redraws, photographing each to make step of the process, animating an entire film on one sheet of paper. The effect, shown in a clip of drawings, Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old (1991),
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