Learning from the absurd
A man wakes up to find that he has lost his nose. In 1837, Gogol writes a short story about the man’s attempts to find the missing proboscis and to reattach it to his face. Gogol considers the story that he has just recounted, concluding that it is a strange and improbable tale. Not only is it very odd for a nose to disappear from a man’s face, only to reappear baked inside a loaf of bread, but it’s even more absurd to imagine that he could persuade the newspaper to let him take out an advertisement looking for his nose. This is not about money. It is about the impropriety of the newspaper and advertisements for lost noses. “Why do authors write stories like this?” Gogol asks. “It’s no good for the country, although in truth it does no harm either…. But why write about it? Such things may happen, but they do not happen often.”
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+ Credits
The Nose
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Libretto by the composer with
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Georgi Ionin
Alexander Preis
Based on the story
by Nicolai Gogol, 1837
World premiere: Leningrad, Maly Theater, January 18, 1930
Production for Metropolitan Opera, New York
Premiere 26 February 2010
Conductor
Valery Gergiev / Pavel Smelkov
Director
William Kentridge
Stage directors
William Kentridge
Luc De Wit
Projection design
Catherine Meyburgh
William Kentridge
Set design
Sabine Theunissen,
William Kentridge
Costume design
Greta Goiris
Lighting design
Urs Schoenebaum
I am not me, the horse is not mine
2008
Installation of 8 film fragments
DVcam and HDV transferred to DVD 6 minutes
Directing, animation and photography
William Kentridge
Editing
Catherine Meyburgh
Composer
Philip Miller
Animation assistants
Gerhard Marx, Naomi van Niekerk and Catherine Walker
Galop
Music Composition
Philip Miller
Ngilahlekelelwe Ikhala Lami
Musical arrangement
Philip Miller
Music and lyrics
Richard Siluma and Thulani Manana
Choir
Thulani Manana and Abanikazi Bomkhalanga
The Galop Band
Dan Selsick, trombone; Billy Middleton, tuba; Adam Howard, trumpet; Ntkozo Zunga, Castrol tin-can guitar; Bethuel Mbonani, percussion; Thulani Manaka, vocal leader
Dancing Figure
Thato Motlhaolwa
The Nose workshop participants
Johannesburg January 2008
Panayota Athanasiou, Zola Hashatsi, Rachel Jacobs, Alex-Ann Keppie, Mbovu Malinga, Wez-Lee Masilo Makgamatha, Thato Mathole, Onthatile Matshidiso, Hlomohang Mothetho, Thato Motlhaolwa, Miranda Ndou, Lesego Ngwato, Mzamo Nondlwana, Roberto Manuel Pombo, Eve Rakow, Motlalentwa Sehloho, Rabeka Silinda, Nqaba Thela, Claudine Ullman, Nick Welch
I am not me, the horse is not mine
2008
Lecture/performance with projection
DVcam and HDV transferred to DVD, live performance (45 minutes)
Directing, animation, photography and performance
William Kentridge
Editing
Catherine Meyburgh
Composer
Philip Miller
Stage direction
Sue Pam-Grant
Animation assistants
Gerhard Marx, Naomi van Niekerk and Catherine Walker
Galop
Music Composition
Philip Miller
Ngilahlekelelwe Ikhala Lami
Musical arrangement
Philip Miller
Music and lyrics
Richard Siluma and Thulani Manana
Choir
Thulani Manana and Abanikazi Bomkhalanga
The Galop Band
Dan Selsick, trombone; Billy Middleton, tuba; Adam Howard, trumpet; Ntkozo Zunga, Castrol tin-can guitar; Bethuel Mbonani, percussion; Thulani Manaka, vocal leader
Dancing Figure
Thato Motlhaolwa
The Nose workshop participants
Johannesburg January 2008
Panayota Athanasiou, Zola Hashatsi, Rachel Jacobs, Alex-Ann Keppie, Mbovu Malinga, Wez-Lee Masilo Makgamatha, Thato Mathole, Onthatile Matshidiso, Hlomohang Mothetho, Thato Motlhaolwa, Miranda Ndou, Lesego Ngwato, Mzamo Nondlwana, Roberto Manuel Pombo, Eve Rakow, Motlalentwa Sehloho, Rabeka Silinda, Nqaba Thela, Claudine Ullman, Nick Welch
Telegrams from the Nose
Music and performance
François Sarhan
Text fragments
Daniil Harms
Video
William Kentridge
Premiere: Kaaitheater, Brussels
April 3, 2009
Direction
William Kentridge
Performed by
Ictus & Francois Sarhan
Production
Ictus, Brussels
Conductor
Georges-Elie Octors
Sound
Alexandre Fostier
Stroh-violin
Igor Semenoff
Stroh-cello, voice
François Deppe
Stroh-guitar
Tom Pauwels
Keyboard
Jean-Luc Plouvier
Other instruments
Matthieu Metzger
Making
A workshop done with student actors in Johannesburg furnished many of the silhouettes used. On top of projections of these human figures, paper cut-outs were added and interposed, trying to find a link between the constructivist language of El Lissitzky and the earthy language of Gorky and the Russian filmmakers. Languages which were very different at the time and even antithetical, but which in hindsight are joined by a sense of openness, of possibility, of agency. As if the upheavals of the 1917 revolution could provide an energy for new images, new words, a new language.
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Kentridge-Chaise-Longue 2010-Sugarlift Aquatint and Drypoint-HR - El Lissitzky2010Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint, etching and burnishing on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 30
61909 - Nose Ensemble (Small)2009Digital archival print on cotton paper, marine plywood hardboard, coloured crayons, steel, wood glue122.6 x 219.2 x 150 cmEdition of 7
WK_15_132_0415_SmallFigures_2519 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
Tate Modern, London, 2012 - Nose with Strawberries (Another Kheppi Ending)2012 / 2013Tapestry, mohair, silk and embroidery345 x 234 cmEdition of 6
_DSC3189 - Untitled IV (Horse with Raised Leg)2007Bronze32 x 48 x 20 cmEdition of 14
kent_will come_works_059 - Untitled (To the Devil with Snuff)2009Coloured pencil and digital print collage on The Illustrated London News12.5 x 8.5
WK_19_226_Drawing_9446 - Untitled (Nose with Girl)2009Indian Ink, coloured pencil, tippex and paper collage on The Illustrated London News28.5 x 26 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9511 - Untitled (Nose Riding Side-saddle)2009Indian Ink, coloured pencil and paper collage on The Illustrated London News36 x 26.5 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9535 - Untitled (Self-Repudiation, Sighs of Repentance)2009Charcoal, red pencil, tippex, paper and wire collage on paper26.5 x 36.5 cm
WK_15_130_032015_Nose_1735 - Untitled (Figure on Horse)2009Indian Ink and paper collage on paper26 x 26 cm
WK_15_130_032015_Nose_1733 - Untitled (Nose on Plinth)2015Indian Ink, coloured pencil, tippex and paper collage on The Illustrated London News40 x 27 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9493 - Untitled (Nose in Striped Dress)2009Coloured pencil and digital print collage on The Illustrated London News40 x 26 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9469 - Prop for The Nose2016Papier-mâché, PVA paint and wooden tripod178 x 87 x 103 cmEdition of
WK_17_172_Large_Nose_Sculpture_PaperM_1936 - Untitled (Nose in Uniform)2019Paper collage and pencil on Illustrated London News pages23 x 14,2 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8911 - Untitled (Nose with Medals)2019Black paper and coloured pencil on Illustrated London News pages30.5 x 27.4 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8917 - Untitled (Nose in Suit)2019Black paper and coloured pencil on Illustrated London News pages24.5 x 26.7 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8909 - Untitled (Nose Falling)2019Black paper and coloured pencil on Illustrated London News pages28 x 39.3 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8927 - Untitled (Two Noses)2019Black paper and coloured pencil on Illustrated London News pages19.4 x 28 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8937 - Untitled (Nose in a Cloak)2019Black paper and coloured pencil on Illustrated London News pages39.4 x 28 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8925 - Untitled (Ten Portraits)2019Black paper and coloured pencil on Illustrated London News pages39.7 x 28.6 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8941 - Untitled (Nose with Staff)2019Black paper and coloured pencil on Illustrated London News pages25.9 x 26.5 cm
WK_19_225_Drawing_8913 - Untitled (Megaphone)2008Bronze29 x 25 x 20 cmEdition of 20
kent_sculp_10_10_015 - Deserts d' Egypte2008Hand-woven mohair, silk and embroidery445 x 435 cmEdition of 6
Deserts d'Egypte Tapestry - Processional Nose2015Hand-woven mohair tapestry250 x 330 cmEdition of 6
Processional Nose Tapestry - Wooden Horse IWood sculpture, Nose on horseback200777 x 78 x 48 cm
kent_will come_inst_006 - Wooden Horse IWood sculpture, Nose on horseback200777 x 78 x 48 cm
kent_will come_works_018 - Untitled VI (Nose on Horse: Napoleon)2007Bronze42 x 46 x 19 cmEdition of 14
ABH-0001 - Nose I (Scissors)2007Bronze30 x 16 x 14 cmEdition of 20
kent_will come_works_063 - Double Half Horse2008Bronze40 x 80 x 26 cmEdition of 12
kent_07_09_005 - Streets of the City2009Tapestry, mohair, silk and embroidery440 x 443 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_08_003 - Nose 292009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_029 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
01_a lifetime_018 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
03_commissariat_008 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
03_commissariat_107 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
03_commissariat_056 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
04_comrade nose_033 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
05_prayers_006 - I Am Not Me, The Horse is Not Mine2008Installation of 8 film fragments, DVCam, HDV transferred to DVD6 minutesEdition of 11
07_country dances I_008 - Untitled (Man with Globe)2008bronze29 x 30 x 29 cmEdition of 20
62970 - Il Cavaliere di Toledo2012Steel350 x 450 x 160 cm
Il Cavaliere WIKE-486-26 - Nose 222009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_022 - Nose 22009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300 gsm35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_002 - Untitled (Six Portraits for The Nose)2009Watercolour on paper
kent_untitled nose_001 - Nose 232009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_023 - Nose 12009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300 gsm35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_001 - Untitled (Could anyone be so much like me?)2009Watercolour on paper
kent_untitled nose_002 - Nose 242009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_024 - Nose 32009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_003 - Untitled (Nose in a Suit)2009Watercolour on paper
kent_untitled nose_003 - Nose 42009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_004 - Untitled (Portrait and Deck Chair)2009Watercolour on paper
kent_untitled nose_004 - Nose 112009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_011 - Untitled (Name them?)2009Watercolour on paper
kent_untitled nose_005 - Nose 132009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_013 - Untitled (Female Portrait)2009Watercolour on paper
kent_untitled nose_006 - Nose 122009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_012 - Untitled (Man in Profile)2009Watercolour on paper
kent_untitled nose_007 - Nose 102008Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint, etching and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_010 - Nose 92009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint, etching and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_009 - Nose 82009Sugarlift aquatint and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_008 - Nose 72009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching and engraving35 x 40 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_007 - Nose 62009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving40 x 35 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_006 - Nose 52009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching and engraving40 x 35 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_005 - Promised Land2008Tapestry weave with embroidery. Warp: polyester. Weft and embroidery: mohair, acrylic and polyester375 x 430 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_02_001 - Nose 152009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving40 x 35 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_015 - Nose 142009Sugarlift aquatint and engraving40 x 35 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_014 - Nose 162009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving40 x 35 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_016 - Nose 172009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving on40 x 35 cmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_017 - Traite d'Arithmetique2007Hand lithography and collage Photo lithography, tearing hand- colouring & glueing using Munken & BFK Rives white 250 gsm papers160 x 122 cmEdition of 35
WK_19_208_1055 - News from Nowhere2007Hand lithograph and Photo litography, tearing, hand-colouring & glueing using Munken & BFK Rives white 250 gsm papers160 x 122 cmEdition of 35
WK_19_208_1047 - Untitled (Nose on Rearing Horse)2007Watercolour on paper
kent_12_07_010 - Nose with Moustache on Horse2007Lithograph and collageEdition of
WK_15_133_0415_NOSE_2847 - Horseman2007Hand lithograph and collageEdition of 25
kent_att_007 - Nose Alone2007Hand lithograph and collageEdition of 20
kent_att_008 - Nose III (Unique)2007Painted bronze34 x 26 x 15 cm
kent_will come_inst_009 - Untitled II (Nose on Fat Horse)2007Bronze38 x 45 x 20 cmEdition of 14
kent_will come_works_025 - Untitled VII (Nose on Stick Horse)2007Bronze47 x 44 x 22 cmEdition of 14
kent_will come_works_028 - Untitled VI (Nose on Horse: Napoleon)2007Bronze42 x 46 x 19 cmEdition of 14
kent_will come_works_037 - Untitled V (Nose on Ribbed Horse)2007Bronze38 x 33 x 24 cmEdition of 14
kent_will come_works_043 - Untitled V (Nose on Rearing Horse)2007Bronze32 x 39 x 22 cmEdition of 14
kent_will come_works_046 - Nose I (Scissors)2007Bronze30 x 16 x 14 cmEdition of 20
kent_will come_works_061 - Nose II (Walking)2007Bronze33 x 14 x 12 cmEdition of 20
kent_will come_works_066 - Untitled (Nose on Horseback)2007Watercolour on paper
kent_12_07_012 - Untitled (Horse with Raised Leg)2007Watercolour on paper
kent_12_07_014 - Nose 282009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_028 - Double Half Horse2008Bronze40 x 80 x 26 cmEdition of 12
kent_07_09_003 - Commendatore Naso2008Bronze13 1/2 x 8 1/2 inchesEdition of 12
kent_07_09_007 - Damned Squares of this Shameless City2009Indian ink on found papers (80 pages from Italian Guide Book, 1936, 15.5 x 21 cm each)155 x 168 cm
kent_draw_10_09_001 - Aegyptus Inferior2008Tapestry, mohair, silk and embroidery270 x 360 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_01_001 - Telegrams from the Nose (Newspaper)2007Indian ink, coloured pencil and collage on found pages25 x 23,5 cm
kent_art_australia_001 - Telegrams from the Nose (The Shadow of a Shadow)2007Indian Ink, watercolour and book page collage25 x 23,5cm
kent_art_australia_002 - Telegrams from the Nose (A Lifetime of Enthusiasm)2007Watercolour and book page collage25 x 23.5 cm
kent_art_australia_003 - Telegrams from the Nose (Nose Walking)2007Indian Ink, coloured pencil and book page collage25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_004 - Telegrams from the Nose (Minutes of a Slow Hour)2007Indian Ink, watercolour and book page collage25 x 23.5 cm
kent_art_australia_005 - Telegrams from the Nose (Megaphone)2007Indian ink, coloured pencil and collage on found pages25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_006 - Telegrams from the Nose (To the Heroes of Oil Painting)2007Indian Ink, found pages, coloured pencil and collage on paper25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_008 - Telegrams from the Nose (Sneeze Snore Snooze)2007Indian Ink, found pages, coloured pencil and collage on paper25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_009 - Telegrams from the Nose (Horse)2007Indian Ink, found pages, coloured pencil and collage on paper25 x 23,5cm
kent_art_australia_010 - Telegrams from the Nose (Horse with Turned Head)2007Indian Ink, found pages, coloured pencil and collage on paper25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_011 - Telegrams from the Nose (I am not me, the horse is not mine)2007Indian Ink, found pages, coloured pencil and collage on paper25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_012 - Telegrams from the Nose (Nose in the Bath)2007Indian Ink, found pages, coloured pencil and collage on paper25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_013 - Telegrams from the Nose (World on Its Hind Legs)2007Indian ink, coloured pencil and collage on found pages25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_014 - Telegrams from the Nose (Another Kheppi Ending)2007Indian Ink, found pages, coloured pencil and collage on paper25 x 23.5cm
kent_art_australia_015 - Augustine's Empire2008Tapestry, mohair, silk and embroidery410 x 442 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_04_001 - Nose 302009EtchingEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_030 - Nose 272009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engravingEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_027 - Nose 262009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_026 - Nose 182009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_018 - Nose 212009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_021 - Nose 192009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching & drypoint on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_019 - Nose 202009Sugarlift aquatint, drypoint and engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_020 - Nose 252009Sugarlift aquatint, hardground etching, drypoint & engraving on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 50
kent_nose_plates_025 - Untitled (Nose on Horse)2009Indian ink on handmade paper387 x 272 cm
kent_22_06_09_027 - Streets of the City2009Tapestry, mohair, silk and embroidery440 x 443 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_08_001 - Partie du Royaume de Naples contenant la Basilicate et la Calabre2009Tapestry, mohair, silk and emboidery421 x 370 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_07_001 - L'Incidente è Chiuso2009Tapestry, mohair, silk and embroidery383 x 430 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_05_001 - Pianta della Citta di Napoli2009Tapestry, mohair, silk and embroidery347 x 454 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_06_001 - City of Moscow2009Tapestry, hand woven wool.421 x 408 cm (Large)Edition of 6
kent_tap_09_001 - Untitled (Man with Flag)2008Bronze29 x 30 x 29 cmEdition of 20
kent_sculp_10_10_019 - Untitled (Almost Himself)2009Indian ink on paper (36 pages from Soviet Agricultural Encyclopaedia, 15.5 x 21 cm each)155 cm x 168 cm
kent_draw_10_09_002 - Untitled (Demands - Impossible!)2009Indian ink on found paper
kent_draw_10_09_003 - Untitled (Four Russian Heads)2009Indian ink on found paper
kent_draw_10_09_007 - Untitled (Excuse Me, I'll Pay)2009Indian ink on found paper
kent_draw_10_09_005 - Untitled (In the Winter Palace...)2009Indian ink on found pages128 x 147.5 cm
kent_draw_10_09_006 - Untitled (For Youth's Benefit)2009Indian Ink, coloured pencil, tippex and digital print paper collage on The Illustrated London News15 x 14 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9441 - Untitled (Nose in Procession)2009Indian Ink, coloured pencil, tippex and paper collage on The Illustrated London News27 x 25.5 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9524 - Untitled (I'll Pay)2009Indian Ink and coloured pencil on The Illustrated London News13.5 x 9 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9440 - Untitled (General Nose on Horseback)2009Indian Ink, coloured pencil, tippex and paper collage on The Illustrated London News23.5 x 26 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9471 - Untitled (Nose with Boutonnière)2009Indian Ink and coloured pencil on The Illustrated London News24.5 x 26 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9501 - Untitled (Nose with Top Hat and Gloves)2009Indian Ink and coloured pencil on The Illustrated London News26 x 26 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9473 - Untitled (It Is Forbidden to Print Absurdities, Rumours and Impossibilities)2009Indian Ink, coloured pencil, tippex and paper collage on The Illustrated London News30 x 27 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9506 - Untitled (Nose with Fan)2009Indian Ink on the Illustrated London News 1876 - 7728.8 x 26.5 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9461 - Untitled (Nose Descending Staircase)2009Indian ink and paper collage on The Illustrated London News50 x 40 cm
WK_19_226_Drawing_9540 - Shostakovich2009Indian ink on found pages (64 pages, each 20 x 13.5 cm)161 x 102 cm
kent_04_12_09_024 - Nose with Plaid Pants2009Indian ink and paint on found pages (36 pages, 32 x 20 cm each)183 x 130 cm
kent_18_01_10_009 - Shostakovich2009Wood, wood stain, metal clamps and cold glue90 x 70 x 120 cmEdition of 2
kent_06_10_019 - Untitled (You Are Lying)2010Photogravure, sugarlift aquatint with drypoint.Edition of 30
WK_nose_photogravure_6Nov12_6773 - Untitled (Senseless Requests)2010PhotogravureEdition of 30
WK_nose_photogravure_6Nov12_6785 - Untitled (The Shadow of a Shadow)2010PhotogravureEdition of 30
WK_nose_photogravure_6Nov12_6777 - Untitled (Portable Monuments)2010Photogravure, sugarlift aquatint with drypoint and burnishing.Edition of 30
WK_nose_photogravure_6Nov12_6780 - Untitled (I am not me)2010Photogravure, sugarlift aquatint and burnishingEdition of 30
WK_nose_photogravure_6Nov12_6788 - Odalisque2010Sugarlift aquatint, spitbite aquatint & drypoint on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 40
60740 - Nose on a White Horse2010Sugarlift aquatint, spitbite aquatint & drypoint on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 40
61910 - Mirror2010Sugarlift aquatint, spitbite aquatint, drypoint, etching and burnishing on Somerset Velvet, Soft White, 300gsmEdition of 30
Kentridge- Mirror- Etching 2010- HR
Reading
Credits
The Nose
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Libretto by the composer with
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Georgi Ionin
Alexander Preis
Based on the story
by Nicolai Gogol, 1837
World premiere: Leningrad, Maly Theater, January 18, 1930
Production for Metropolitan Opera, New York
Premiere 26 February 2010
Conductor
Valery Gergiev / Pavel Smelkov
Director
William Kentridge
Stage directors
William Kentridge
Luc De Wit
Projection design
Catherine Meyburgh
William Kentridge
Set design
Sabine Theunissen,
William Kentridge
Costume design
Greta Goiris
Lighting design
Urs Schoenebaum
I am not me, the horse is not mine
2008
Installation of 8 film fragments
DVcam and HDV transferred to DVD 6 minutes
Directing, animation and photography
William Kentridge
Editing
Catherine Meyburgh
Composer
Philip Miller
Animation assistants
Gerhard Marx, Naomi van Niekerk and Catherine Walker
Galop
Music Composition
Philip Miller
Ngilahlekelelwe Ikhala Lami
Musical arrangement
Philip Miller
Music and lyrics
Richard Siluma and Thulani Manana
Choir
Thulani Manana and Abanikazi Bomkhalanga
The Galop Band
Dan Selsick, trombone; Billy Middleton, tuba; Adam Howard, trumpet; Ntkozo Zunga, Castrol tin-can guitar; Bethuel Mbonani, percussion; Thulani Manaka, vocal leader
Dancing Figure
Thato Motlhaolwa
The Nose workshop participants
Johannesburg January 2008
Panayota Athanasiou, Zola Hashatsi, Rachel Jacobs, Alex-Ann Keppie, Mbovu Malinga, Wez-Lee Masilo Makgamatha, Thato Mathole, Onthatile Matshidiso, Hlomohang Mothetho, Thato Motlhaolwa, Miranda Ndou, Lesego Ngwato, Mzamo Nondlwana, Roberto Manuel Pombo, Eve Rakow, Motlalentwa Sehloho, Rabeka Silinda, Nqaba Thela, Claudine Ullman, Nick Welch
I am not me, the horse is not mine
2008
Lecture/performance with projection
DVcam and HDV transferred to DVD, live performance (45 minutes)
Directing, animation, photography and performance
William Kentridge
Editing
Catherine Meyburgh
Composer
Philip Miller
Stage direction
Sue Pam-Grant
Animation assistants
Gerhard Marx, Naomi van Niekerk and Catherine Walker
Galop
Music Composition
Philip Miller
Ngilahlekelelwe Ikhala Lami
Musical arrangement
Philip Miller
Music and lyrics
Richard Siluma and Thulani Manana
Choir
Thulani Manana and Abanikazi Bomkhalanga
The Galop Band
Dan Selsick, trombone; Billy Middleton, tuba; Adam Howard, trumpet; Ntkozo Zunga, Castrol tin-can guitar; Bethuel Mbonani, percussion; Thulani Manaka, vocal leader
Dancing Figure
Thato Motlhaolwa
The Nose workshop participants
Johannesburg January 2008
Panayota Athanasiou, Zola Hashatsi, Rachel Jacobs, Alex-Ann Keppie, Mbovu Malinga, Wez-Lee Masilo Makgamatha, Thato Mathole, Onthatile Matshidiso, Hlomohang Mothetho, Thato Motlhaolwa, Miranda Ndou, Lesego Ngwato, Mzamo Nondlwana, Roberto Manuel Pombo, Eve Rakow, Motlalentwa Sehloho, Rabeka Silinda, Nqaba Thela, Claudine Ullman, Nick Welch
Telegrams from the Nose
Music and performance
François Sarhan
Text fragments
Daniil Harms
Video
William Kentridge
Direction
William Kentridge
Performed by
Ictus & Francois Sarhan
Production
Ictus, Brussels
Conductor
Georges-Elie Octors
Sound
Alexandre Fostier
Stroh-violin
Igor Semenoff
Stroh-cello, voice
François Deppe
Stroh-guitar
Tom Pauwels
Keyboard
Jean-Luc Plouvier
Other instruments
Matthieu Metzger