and popular art forms in South cutouts and torn paper figures Africa TITLE MESSAGE AND MEANING William Kentridge. Shadow As in Johannesburg 2nd Greatest Procession, animated film of collage city after Paris there is a procession of torn paper, 1999. in this film. We do not know where they are from, from what they are SUBJECT AND DESCRIPTION fleeing or where are they going to. In Shadow Procession Kentridge Torn paper and objects were used used only silhouetted cutouts and torn against a transparent background to paper figures with no drawings. After create a dramatic procession of beginning with a slow shadowy figures. The figures are heavily procession it changes into a more burdened by their possessions. The clearly defined march in which a work is universal in its reference to sequence of wounded and disabled the displacing of people, such as the figures, a structure resembling the forced removals during Apartheid. gallows, a man hanging from gallows, Kentridge show how people are a figure pulling a shower, and people walking away from something, trying carrying their belongings, all move to escape from the chaos. They forward in a kind of chain gang. Male seem to be seeking knowledge, and female figures participate and symbolized in the representation of some become extremely violent, people with books. beheading others. Some figures seem not human and are mixtures of bodies and sharp knife or heads. The mood and pace of the procession changes as the music changes to a wailing version of a friend have we in Jesus”. People now carry “What flags and books, followed by people who look like soldiers returning from war with amputated legs, hobbling along. Some walk bowing under the weight of their burden and a group of men follow each other blindly by holding on to the shoulder of the one in front of them. Children are carried and a man comes past pushing a figure in a wheel barrow. Flags and spades are waved around as if in victory, followed by a dead man hanging on the gallows. People preaching from podiums and megaphones on wheels follow. Chairs and packages become larger and change into buildings. The last man seems to be dragging a whole city or the whole country along in this procession as his package blacks out the screen into darkness. The technique lends from Shadow Theater. QUESTION 5: Multimedia and New STYLE OF WORK MEDIUM AND TECNIQUE
and popular art forms in South Africa cutouts and torn paper figures TITLE William Kentridge. Shadow Procession, animated film of collage of torn paper, 1999. MESSAGE AND MEANING As in Johannesburg 2nd Greatest city after Paris there is a procession in this film. We do not know where they are from, from what they are fleeing or where are they going to. Torn paper and objects were used against a transparent background to create a dramatic procession of figures. The figures are heavily burdened by their possessions. The work is universal in its reference to the displacing of people, such as the forced removals during Apartheid. Kentridge show how people are walking away from something, trying to escape from the chaos. They seem to be seeking knowledge, symbolized in the representation of people with books. SUBJECT AND DESCRIPTION In Shadow Procession Kentridge used only silhouetted cutouts and torn paper figures with no drawings. After beginning with a slow shadowy procession it changes into a more clearly defined march in which a sequence of wounded and disabled figures, a structure resembling the gallows, a man hanging from gallows, a figure pulling a shower, and people carrying their belongings, all move forward in a kind of chain gang. Male and female figures participate and some become extremely violent, beheading others. Some figures seem not human and are mixtures of bodies and sharp knife or heads. The mood and pace of the procession changes as the music changes to a wailing version of “What a friend have we in Jesus”. People now carry flags and books, followed by people who look like soldiers returning from war with amputated legs, hobbling along. Some walk bowing under the weight of their burden and a group of men follow each other blindly by holding on to the shoulder of the one in front of them. Children are carried and a man comes past pushing a figure in a wheel barrow. Flags and spades are waved around as if in victory, followed by a dead man hanging on the gallows. People preaching from podiums and megaphones on wheels follow. Chairs and packages become larger and change into buildings. The last man seems to be dragging a whole city or the whole country along in this procession as his package blacks out the screen into darkness. The technique lends from Shadow Theater. QUESTION 5: Multimedia and New STYLE OF WORK MEDIUM AND TECNIQUE