Learning from The Nose, learning from the Absurd
dal 11/3/2010 al 11/3/2010
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11/3/2010
Learning from The Nose, learning from the Absurd
The New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York
A conversation with William Kentridge
Paul Holdengraber hosts William Kentridge, in a conversation about Gogol's The Nose, Shostakovich's opera, and Kentridge's creative process. Acclaimed artist Kentridge makes his Metropolitan Opera debut directing the company premiere of Shostakovich's The Nose, based on the short story by Gogol. Kentridge rose to international prominence in 1997 when his work was included in Documenta X in Kassel, Germany, and in the Johannesburg and Havana Biennials, which led to a series of solo exhibitions worldwide. He created his first opera production in 1998 with Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria, followed by a widely praised staging of Mozart's The Magic Flute, which premiered in Brussels in 2005 and was later seen at BAM. His recent work includes Telegrams from the Nose, a collaborative performance with composer Francois Sarhan inspired by his work on the opera production. For the 2008 Sydney Biennale he created I Am Not Me, the Horse Is Not Mine, a solo lecture/performance piece inspired by Gogol, which he has been performing in New York recently. His work combines drawing, animation, filmmaking, and collage. The Met premiere of The Nose coincides with a major retrospective of Kentridge's work on view at the Museum of Modern Art.