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Book launch and talk with Shaun de Waal and William Kentridge 20 July, 18h00 for 18h30 Goethe Institute 119 Jan Smuts Avenue Parkwood

Shaun de Waal, senior film critic and writer at the Mail and Guardian, will interview William Kentridge at the launch of Thinking Aloud: Conversations with Angela Breidbach. The book will be on sale at a special launch price of R250 and Kentridge will be available to sign copies of the book.

In this gem of a book, published in German by Walther Koenig and in English by David Krut Publishing, William Kentridge talks about the thinking behind his drawings, films, set designs, and print series. He considers the evolution of his philosophy of image making, the shifts in his understanding of depth, perspective, and point of view, and the constant search for solutions to the technical problems presented to him by drawing and film projection.

Kentridge’s ruminations are presented as a conversation between the artist and the German critic Angela Breidbach. They are punctuated by Kentridge’s sketches and doodles, his “visual” thinking accompanying his exploration of various models of space and time. Breidbach, who has written widely on image theory and made a particular study of stereoscopic vision in the work of Cezanne and Helmholtz, prompts Kentridge to consider his work in relation to several spatial models. The resulting conversation is a fascinating exploration not only of Kentridge’s work in particular but of visual perception in relation to time and space.

For information call David Krut Publishing 011 880 5648 or the Goethe Institute 011 442 3232

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