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In Defence of Optimism

Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot: Episode 9
2024
29 mins
9.6/10 (912)

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Synopsis

William Kentridge explores the optimism of making things—how, even in dire circumstances, there will be people who play, create, and sing. He enlists a local brass band to lead a jolly procession out of the studio and into Johannesburg. But will Kentridge’s two split parts come to an agreement?

Editorial

As the doppelgängers ponder the optimism that exists between the tip of a pencil and the pad beneath, the impossible question of endings arises. “Why don’t we just stop?” they muse. Enter a deus ex machina and an expression of pure joy—an exultant procession through the studio and into the streets.

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