Automatic Writing - William Kentridge

[noonesgayformoleman]

Amazing, one of my favourite artists!

[littletwitchy]

Art21 has several videos of him in his studio. He may have branched out in his more recent work, I'm not sure, but for this video, it's all photographs of charcoal drawings put together as stop-motion.

[jessieri123]

I saw him talk and saw what he has done of his new work today. simply amazing

[LongList100]

whats this song called? and who is it by?

[Myprideness]

i'm not sure if i understand what this is about....

[orpheus1th]

Music by Philip Miller, composer based in South Africa, Johannesburg

[jackbussell]

too much time, his drawing technique is really good but the animations ant complex

[AlegriasGallery]

@jackbussell it's not computer animation it is animated drawing - also i don't think his technique is up for evaluation by ... who are you by the way? if you wanted to buy the copyrighted set of 8 films it would cost you $500,000

[jackbussell]

@AlegriasGallery blerg pretty gay

[AlegriasGallery]

@jackbussell 3D computer animations are done by teams of people with software tricks... this kind of work takes months to make just a few minutes - why not check out some of his fully drawn stop frames like - Felix in Exile

[victoriaRobyn]

soooo... what was this one about? i don't think i got it.

[ItzSavannah1]

I love his work. I love drawing with charcoal as well.

[yltt123]

Kentridge's philosophy is current and globally relevant. HIs method of communicating this philosophy is exemplary; hence his status in the art-world. Simplicity underlies the complexity of the process and thinking behind it. A key influence on me and my fourth James Joyce Dubliner's Contemporary Contextualisation. First researched and responded to on youtube. Thank you Mr. Kentridge.

[hfargon]

Any of you could tell me how this man edit your videos?. Are they pictures of pictures, frame by frame? Hand Draw or with software?

Thanks

[charlie4life91]

@hfargon hand drawn..erasing and redrawing and taking many picture of every step in between

[MisterWho0]

Cheers for the abundance of titty in this movie.

[GBoz94]

extremely beautiful, i love the music..

[vitacolatoni]

One of the greatest things I have ever seen.

[Fliponovic]

@prammaven

Sorry, I only dabble in art just to experiment; it's actually very fun to play around with, especially with this type of style.

[Fliponovic]

@prammaven

an X - acto knife is great for cutting away the smudged parts, especially if you like using graphite. Another way is if you use a gum art eraser; it rubs off into little bits and does not smudge or become dull easily like a white magic eraser. Also, my personal favorite is the kneaded eraser, simply stretch it out to clean and you can erase again!

[mad1mike1]

this is brilliant but somewhat creepy

[dannyboyinxs]

*Strong eccentric english accent.

"DEEEVINE!!! AAHH!"

[ArtistInLALALand]

Awesome! Love William Kentridge! So inspiring!

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

The text is animated however, which is the coolest part

[musicalidea]

No one gets the soul of Industrialization better than Kentridge. A true son of Marx at his most critical and least utopian.

[awoFalase]

Yes if you have seen any of his studio films you would see that he draws shoots erases and draws the next frame or movement.

[littletwitchy]

he's not tracing and copying, he's erasing and redrawing.

[AlanUno]

@littletwitchy I think he' is copying some real footage with a software like "ARTRAGE" and then erasing with a wet sponge to give the "dirt" effects.. i could be wrong anyway, there are many ways to obtain this...

[AlegriasGallery]

@AlanUno you need to watch the documentaries about this artist and how he works. he is not a computer graphics animator he is a traditional artist. he has a camera with a shutter button on a lead set up in front of a wall covered in paper, which he draws on with charcoal and photographs every change he makes as one frame - he erases lightly leaving a trace of the mark behind - a technique sometimes used in drawing but rarely in animation and what makes his style unique and influential

[AlanUno]

@AlegriasGallery I'm sure that he could obtain a similar effect by using some good software, in shortest time...but i'm always fascinated by "old style" artists

[o82774]

Waitaminute folks...I appreciate the richness of his charcoals. I do.

BUT the guy is clearly tracing and copying. The people are barely moving. I mean really.

[willberain]

amazing!

[tineketbsfan]

wow

[circularl0gic]

Exquisite!

[lucidaisy]

Amazing!

[potiras]

tomara que ninguém tire nunca! maravilhoso!

[nuttienattie]

thank you very much for putting this up on here. what a lovely thing to share with everyone!

[hiccupheiki]

Videoart at its best ;) love it

[ViktoriaMJ]

Very impressive. Great work.

[alpswissart]

verry intersting the auromatical writting. how you can watch on the movie alpswissart upstairs i did send you a video from mechanical spiders design by answer.

[Elgernon87]

i wish i could do this, it's briliant

[Roah26]

Anyone can do Automatic Writting :)