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William Kentridge's epic five-channel video and sculptural installation The Refusal of Time (2012) is a meditation on the commingled histories of colonialism and industry across time and territory. Epitomising Kentridge's intriguing multi-sensory practice, this new work, originally commissioned for dOCUMENTA (13), combines the magic of theatre, drawing and music with film, dance and animation.
The ever elusive nature of time is at the core of the work. Images swirl and envelop the viewer as large-scale projections progress around the room, keeping time to the metronymic rhythm of a central wooden kinetic sculpture.
The Refusal of Time is a truly collaborative work born out of Kentridge's discussions with science historian Peter Galison about the relationship between sound and time. Choreographer Dada Masilo's direction of the dancers that feature in the projections contributes a dynamic physical sequences to a soundtrack composed by Philip Miller. The resulting installation is an open-ended, immersive and experiential work that lyrically questions the nature of time and the politics associated with it.