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Collection Spotlight: William Kentridge
19 Aug, 2025 - 31 Dec, 2025
Charcoal drawings of South African choreographer Dada Masilo (1985-2024) and William Kentridge himself perform a fragmented pas de deux (dance for two) across the pages of a 19th century chemistry textbook. Tango for Page Turning was developed as one part of Refuse the Hour, Kentridge鈥檚 multimedia chamber opera investigating the standardization of global time in the 19th century and the clock鈥檚 subsequent relationship to processes of industrialization and colonialism. Here, the choreography鈥檚 stuttering cadence stems from Kentridge鈥檚 use of stop-motion animation, a process requiring significant labor and craftsmanship. As Kentridge and Masilo dance, they encounter poignant yet futile verbs鈥斺�渦ndo,鈥� 鈥渦nsay,鈥� 鈥渦nremember,鈥� 鈥渦nhappen鈥濃�攖hat evoke the tantalizing impossibility of changing the past.
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Charcoal drawings of South African choreographer Dada Masilo (1985-2024) and William Kentridge himself perform a fragmented pas de deux (dance for two) across the pages of a 19th century chemistry textbook. Tango for Page Turning was developed as one part of Refuse the Hour, Kentridge鈥檚 multimedia chamber opera investigating the standardization of global time in the 19th century and the clock鈥檚 subsequent relationship to processes of industrialization and colonialism. Here, the choreography鈥檚 stuttering cadence stems from Kentridge鈥檚 use of stop-motion animation, a process requiring significant labor and craftsmanship. As Kentridge and Masilo dance, they encounter poignant yet futile verbs鈥斺�渦ndo,鈥� 鈥渦nsay,鈥� 鈥渦nremember,鈥� 鈥渦nhappen鈥濃�攖hat evoke the tantalizing impossibility of changing the past.
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