"Performance 8: William Kentridge: I am not me, the horse is not mine"
The Museum of Modern Art
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In this solo performance, South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) combines narration, video projection, and a vocal and instrumental soundtrack. Part lecture, part theatrical monologue, part installation, "I am not me, the horse is not mine" is based on the absurdist short story "The Nose" (1837), by the Russian writer Nikolai Gogol, which follows the travails of a pompous Russian bureaucrat who wakes one day to find his nose has escaped his face and assumed greater clout than he. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "William Kentridge: Five Themes," opening at MoMA on February 24, 2010, the performance reflects the artist's interest in the rise and fall of Russian modernism and explores the idea of the artist's control—or lack thereof—over his own creations through the presentation of multiple selves.
[Image: William Kentridge "I am not me, the horse is not mine" (2008) © 2010 William Kentridge. Photo: John Hodgkiss, courtesy the artist]
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March 04, 2010 from 19:00 to 21:00