William Kentridge: "The Magic Flute" | Art21 "Exclusive"
Loading...
Uploaded by art21org on Jan 21, 2011
Episode #134: In his 2005 production of Mozart's "The Magic Flute" (1791), artist William Kentridge reframes the opera's original themes of Enlightenment philosophy through the bitter legacy of colonialism. "The most toxic combination in the world is...the certainty of being right and a monopoly of power," says the artist, who casts the character of Sarastro in the role of a colonial overlord, "a benevolent figure that hides a monster."
Having witnessed first-hand one of the twentieth century's most contentious struggles—the dissolution of apartheid—William Kentridge brings the ambiguity and subtlety of personal experience to public subjects most often framed in narrowly defined terms. Using film, drawing, sculpture, animation, and performance, he transmutes sobering political events into powerful poetic allegories. Aware of myriad ways in which we construct the world by looking, Kentridge often uses optical illusions to extend his drawings-in-time into three dimensions.
Learn more about William Kentridge at: http://www.art21.org/artists/william-kentridge
CREDITS | Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Interview: Susan Sollins. Camera: Bob Elfstrom. Sound: Ray Day. Editor: Mary Ann Toman. Archival Footage Courtesy: Mann Made Media & Theatre de la Monnaie. Artwork Courtesy: William Kentridge. Video: © 2011 Art21, Inc. All rights reserved.
- 30 likes, 0 dislikes
-
- 2:58
William Kentridge: "Return" | Art21 "Exclusive"by art21org21,074 views
- 3:30
William Kentridge: Collaboration | Art21 "Exclusive"by art21org1,433 views
- 5:28
William Kentridge: Peter Gelb, The Metropolitan Opera | Art21 "Exclusive"by art21org2,768 views
- 4:14
William Kentridge: "The Nose" Opera Curtainby art21org1,899 views
- 2:32
William Kentridge "What Will Come"by stephersays15,616 views
- 3:10
William Kentridge e Handspring Puppet Company_Woyzeck on the Highweldby reuropa12,202 views
- 2:12
Trailer VCA - Certas dúvidas de William Kentridge/Certain Doubts of William Kentridgeby ACVideobrasil67,452 views
- 3:56
The Magic Flute - The Metropolitan Operaby MetropolitanOpera17,346 views
- 30 videoswilliam kentridge
- 8:23
William Kentridge's Stereoscopeby pavement0512,117 views
- 2:18
Pain Treesby NinianLif10,661 views
- 10:53
Lotte Reiniger - Papageno - 1935-SMzby killingtime00128,106 views
- 4:14
Aria di Papageno da "Il Flauto Magico"by fzlmc817,733 views
- 4:08
An interview with William Kentridge on THE NOSE - Met Operaby MetropolitanOpera10,784 views
- 1:40
The Magic Flute (Met-2006, Taymor, Levine) - Schnelle Fuesse, rascher Mut (Huang, Gunn, Fedderly)by curufinthecrafty10,175 views
- 4:58
William Kentridgeby frauleinspiel3,466 views
- 2:34
Pa-pa-pa - Stephan Loges & Céline Scheen (The Magic Flute)by antmusique3,619 views
- 5:13
William Kentridge's "The Black Box / Chambre Noir" part 2by carlosirigoyen10,498 views
- 0:21
william kentridgeby justsupersyr51,834 views
- 2:02
William Kentridge on constructing meaningby mfaboston2,492 views
Who is the Queen of the Night, plotting against Sarastro, I wonder?
FishTVProductions 1 year ago