In KENTRIDGE’s cross-disciplinary, cross-media world of artistic creation, images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre or installations, but are seen as an important intermediary to understanding the world. Taking Plato’s ‘Allegory of the Cave’ as an example, he feels that the prisoners in the cave believed the shadows on the wall represented reality not because they were controlled by hallucinations, but because silhouettes projected onto walls by firelight were the beginning of mankind’s understanding of the meaning of the world.
William Kentridge
Director
Grindhouse69%
The Man from Earth76%
The English Patient71%
The House That Jack Built71%
Escape to Victory68%
Maniac60%
The Benchwarmers58%
Dalíland59%
Daniel Isn't Real61%
Broke70%
Powder70%
Queen of Chess75%
The Dark Crystal71%
Cave of Forgotten Dreams70%
Play Dirty62%
Unknown62%
Me and You and Everyone We Know69%
Cleopatra70%
Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal60%
GOAT81%
