Visi – August 2019

moveof theirownvolitionor are ready

to be movedby humanoperators.

Thesculpturesrangefromonesyou

couldholdlikea paperweightto

thoseexpandedin scaleso theytake

up goodspacein thehuge areas at

NorvalFoundation.

Thereare othersculpturesthat

existonlyin yourbrain,in theform

of stereoscopiclightdrawings,made

witha torchin three-dimensional

spacebutrecordedas twoflat

imagesthatyoulookat togetherin

a stereoscope. They combine in your

brainto givetheillusionyou’reseeing

a three-dimensionalsolidobject,like

a sculpture made out of neon tubing.

Willwe seea lot of SohoEckstein,

thefictitiouscharacterwhoappears

in a lot of yourolderwork,as you

showsomeof yourhistoricalpieces?

We’reshowingall theSohoEckstein

filmsin theprojectionboothson the

groundfloorof theZeitzMOCAA.The

firstonewasmadein 1989,andwhile

theexhibitionis on I willbe working

on completing the 11th in the series.

OPPOSITEWilliamKentridge
is widelyacclaimedfor his
drawings,prints,animated
filmsandstageproductions.

1.A photoof dancerDada
Masiloin frontof a Chinese
mapforNotesTowards
a ModelOpera, 2014–2015.

2.A drawingforTheHead&
theLoad, a productionthat
exploredtheroleof African
porterswhoservedin – andin
manycasesdiedfor – British,
FrenchandGermanforces
during World War I.

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