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Drawing Lesson. Five, In Praise of Mistranslation
In this lecture, William Kentridge explores the concepts of self and other, transformation and deformation, and translation and mistranslation by yoking together the African funerary sculpture called an asen, a film loop of a panther pacing in its cage, Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Der Panth...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2013]
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| Series: | Art21 Presents William Kentridge: Six Drawing Lessons, The Norton Lectures.
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Streaming video (Wentworth users only) |
| Summary: | In this lecture, William Kentridge explores the concepts of self and other, transformation and deformation, and translation and mistranslation by yoking together the African funerary sculpture called an asen, a film loop of a panther pacing in its cage, Rainer Maria Rilke's poem "Der Panther," Albrecht Dürer's woodcut of a rhinoceros created from bits of second-hand description, and Pablo Picasso's bronze sculpture of a she-goat cast from an assemblage of found objects. "Every translation is a mistranslation," says Kentridge. |
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| Item Description: | Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on September 19, 2013. Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. |
| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (53 min.) : sound, color. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: | 12 & up. |
| Access: | Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Title from distributor's description. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Lecture date: April 16, 2012. |