William Kentridge and Homi K. Bhabha in conversation
La Grande Halle
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Join LUMA for a conversation with William Kentridge and Homi Bhabha. The discussion will follow the world premiere of the chamber opera The Great Yes, The Great No at LUMA Arles.
Artist William Kentridge and Professor Homi Bhabha, one of the most significant thinkers on postcolonialism, will discuss the main themes of Kentridge’s opera, including the links between Surrealism and the negritude literary movement, as well as migration and the anti-colonial struggles of the Second World War era.
The textual and visual techniques employed by the artist will also be explored, from montage and hybridization to Surrealist, Dadaist, African, and Caribbean inspirations, all of which contribute to the immense inventiveness of Kentridge’s new operatic creation.
Practical Information
Date: Wednesday, July 10th
Time: 11:30 am
Duration: 1 hour
Place: La Grande Halle, Landscaped park
Price: Free, booking required
Why not take the opportunity to (re)discover William Kentridge's exhibition?
Dealing with issues of migration, oppression, racial relations, the transmission of history, and the role of the artist in a society under duress, the exhibition brings together a remarkable body of experimental and performative work.
For more than forty years, the work of William Kentridge has examined South African history at the intersection of the personal and the political.
Exhibition located at La Mécanique Générale, Landscaped park.
Ticket required to visit the exhibition.
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Homi K. Bhabha
Homi K. Bhabha is the Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities in the English and Comparative Literature Departments at Harvard University. He is the author of numerous pieces exploring postcolonial theory, psychoanalysis, contemporary art, and cosmopolitanism. His works include Nation and Narration, The Location of Culture, and forewords to Frantz Fanon’s major books. Bhabha has also written essays on William Kentridge, Anish Kapoor, Taryn Simon, and Matthew Barney, amongst others. He is a Corresponding Fellow at The British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and Critic-in-Residence at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
William Kentridge
William Kentridge (born in 1955, Johannesburg, South Africa) is internationally acclaimed for his drawings, films, and theater and opera productions. Kentridge’s work has been shown around the world since the 1990s. He has participated in documenta in Kassel and the Venice Biennale a number of times. His opera productions include Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Shostakovich’s The Nose, and Berg’s operas Lulu and Wozzeck. He has also created several theatrical productions that have been performed in theaters and festivals across the world. In 2016, he founded the Centre for the Less Good Idea in Johannesburg, a space for responsive thinking and making through experimental, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary arts practices.