William Kentridge is hosting several events in Cape Town centered around his multimedia work "The Refusal of Time". The work is a collaboration involving video, sound, sculpture and dance. It will be on display at the Iziko South African National Gallery from February 20th to June 21st. Additionally, Kentridge will present the performance piece "Refuse the Hour" with collaborators, give a lecture on peripheral thinking accompanied by projections and music, and participate in a film series and book launch of "The Soho Chronicles" chronicling his animated films.

1. THE REFUSAL OF TIME
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
In collaboration with Philip Miller, Catherine Meyburgh, Peter Galison and Dada Masilo
IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL GALLERY | 20 FEBRUARY TO 21 JUNE

2. WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
IN CAPE TOWN
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE
THE REFUSAL OF TIME
A collaboration with Philip Miller, Catherine
­Meyburgh, Dada Masilo and Peter Galison
Iziko South African National Gallery
in association with Goodman Gallery
Opening 26 February at 18h00
Closes 21 June 2015
REFUSE THE HOUR
A collaboration with Philip Miller, Catherine
­Meyburgh, Dada Masilo and Peter Galison
Presented by Design Indaba
at Cape Town City Hall
26, 27 February at 20h00
PERIPHERAL THINKING
A lecture and performance by William Kentridge
Design Indaba, Cape Town International
­Convention Centre
27 February at 15h00
THE SOHO CHRONICLES
Film Series and Book Launch
10 Drawings for Projection
The SOHO Chronicles 10 Films by William Kentridge,
Written by Matthew Kentridge,
Published by Seagull Books
Presented by Goodman Gallery
at the Labia Theatre
28 February at 10h00
Understanding, hoping,
believing, not out of
­conviction, but from
­physical experience, that
from the physical making,
from the very imperfections
of technique – our bad
backward walking – parts
of the world, and parts of
us, are revealed, that we
neither expressed nor
knew, until we saw them
– when we realised we
always did know them.
Through the spaces
opened by the stupidities
themselves – the randomly
torn pages, the line and
the parabola – we enact,
and see, and celebrate our
construction of our world.
This is how I make a
horse. This is how I make
a face. This is how I see.
This is the space of the
work in the ­studio.
Extract taken from William Kentridge
Six Drawing Lessons, p128
WhenIcomebacktoSouthAfrica
IalwaysstaywithWilliam,andmy
viewofthecountryispartly
­refractedthroughhisownwork
–thelandscapesonpagesfrom
old­miningcompanyledgers
whichactasabridgebetween
theworldoftherandlordsand
today’sguerillaminingoperations;
thexenophobiathatrunslikean
evilseamthroughthefilmOther
Faces–butalsobytheaccesshe
providestoapeculiarlySouth
Africanenergy.Thisisacountryof
creativityandinvention,marked
bytheopeningupofnewspaces,
byrenovationandreinvention,
the­retrievaloflostvoicesand
stories,andtheinclusionofthe
marginalided.Thisoutpouringof
artisticvigourisincreasingly
­recognisedinternationallyas
moreandmoreSouthAfrican
writersandsingers,artists,actors
anddancersstepoutontheworld
stage.So,comingbacktoSouth
AfricawithTheSohoChronicles
fillsmewithaparticularprideand
senseofbelonging.
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THEREFUSALOFTIME
TheRefusalofTimeattheIzikoSouthAfricanNational
GalleryisacollaborationwithcomposerPhilipMiller,
projectiondesignerandeditorCatherineMeyburgh,
choreographeranddancerDadaMasiloPeterGalison,a
scientistfromtheUnitedStatesandmachine-makers,
costumedesignersandsetdesignersfrommanypartsof
theworld.Theprojectwasmadeinaseriesofworkshops
overtwoyears.Itstartedasaseriesofconversations
betweenKentridgeandGalison,lookingatdifferenttheories
oftimefromNewtownthroughtoEinsteinandblackholes;
ineachcasefindingthemetaphorforthesciencerather
thantryingtoillustrateit.Intheendthepiecedealswiththe
transformationoftimeintomaterialobjects,sound,images
andmechanics.Itconsistsoffivevideoprojections,a
multi-dimensionalsoundscapecreatedbyPhilipMiller,four
megaphonesandalargebreathingmachine.Ithasa
runningcycleof30minutes.
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REFUSETHEHOUR
ThechamberoperamakesitsSouthAfricandebutaspart
oftheDesignIndabaFestival.TheCapeTownCityHall
auditoriumwillbecomethebackdroptothelocalpremiere
ofWilliamKentridge’smultimediaperformanceRefuseThe
Hour.Describedas“anaestheticandphilosophicalstage
dream”this­engrossingperformanceallowstheviewerto
experienceKentridge’sart,thinkingandprocessina
singular,evocativeway.Heinterweavesanastonishing
rangeofvisualandaurallanguagesintoanengrossing
80-minute­performancewithadiscoursefromtheartist
himselfatitscentre.Thechamberoperaisamulti-layered
experiencethatincludesdance,performedandchoreo-
graphedbyDadaMasilo,anoriginalscorebyPhilipMiller,
videobyCatherineMeyburgh,mechanicalsculptures,vocal
performanceandnarration.
WILLIAMKENTRIDGE
PERIPHERALTHINKING
Inalecturewhichseguesintoperformance,William
Kentridgetriestotrackdownthethoughtsandimages
whichhoverattheedgeofconsciousnesswhilstwedirect
ourattentiontocentralprojectsofthinking,makingand
doing.Thelecturewillincludeprojectionsandlive
performancebysingersandmusicians.
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THESOHOCHRONICLES
WilliamKentridgeiswidelyknownforhisseriesof10
animatedfilmstitled10DrawingsforProjection,drawnover
aperiodof22yearsbetween1989and2011,andforthe
mostpartsetinhishomecityofJohannesburg.Thetimeline
ofthefilmscoversSouthAfrica’stransitionfromapartheid
todemocracy.Butthefilmsarenotaboutpoliticalevents.
Insteadthesagatracesadifferentandparallelarc–the
characterSoho’sgradualawakeningfromcapitalist
blockheadandcuckoldtosoberpenitent–anditisthis
humanqualitythatgivesthefilmstheirpowerandenduring
appeal.MatthewKentridge,authorofTheSohoChronicles:
10FilmsbyWilliamKentridge,haswitnessed,fromfirst
beginnings,theevolutionofWilliamKentridge’stechnique,
themesandideas.Fromhisuniquevantagepoint,hehas
watchedthetransformationofSohofromanindividualistic
megalomaniacintoakind-oflate-twentieth-century
Everyman.Thebook,tobelaunchedishisresponse.Abook
signingbyWilliamKentridgewillbehostedbyDesign
Indabatomarkhisappearanceatthisimportantevent.
FILMSERIES&
BOOKLAUNCH
photocredit:MarcShoul
ALECTURE&PERFORMANCE
MatthewKentridge,authorofTheSoho
Chronicles:10FilmsbyWilliamKentridge
10Drawingsfor­Projection
andTheSoho­Chronicles:
10FilmsbyWilliam
Kentridge,writtenby
Matthew­Kentridge
GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE TOWN
Gallery Hours: Tues-Fri 09h30-17h30 | Sat: 10h00-16h00
3rd Floor Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock
P +27 (0)21 462 7573/4
cpt@goodman-gallery.com | www.goodman-gallery.com
GOODMAN GALLERY CAPE TOWN
Gallery Hours: Tues-Fri 09h30-17h30 | Sat: 10h00-16h00
3rd Floor Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Rd, Woodstock
P +27 (0)21 462 7573/4
cpt@goodman-gallery.com | www.goodman-gallery.com