William Kentridge: How we make sense of the world

“There is a desperation in al certainty. The category of political uncertainty, philosophical uncertainty, uncertainty of images is much closer to how the world is“, says South African artist William Kentridge in this video presenting his work. “The films come out of a need to make an image, an impulse to make a film, and the meaning emerges over the months of the making of the film. The only meaning they have in advance is the need for the film to exist“. William Kentridge (b. 1955) is South Africa’s mos