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November 17, 2010
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Win a DVD and help shape Art21 News: take a short survey | | This month, Art21 gives thanks to everyone who supported our latest project, William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible; thanks to all who tuned in to the national broadcast, posted updates on social media platforms, participated in local screenings, and all of the other ways that helped make the project such a success. Before we fully transistion into new project(s), there are a few more new Kentridge-related resources trickling out. Highlighted in this month's issue of Art21 News are new resources for educators, special essays, exclusive videos, and more. While browsing through the materials, please consider supporting our education and public program initiatives by contributing to our Back to School campaign, now in its final weeks.
Art21 News also hits a milestone this month, celebrating one year in the current format. It has been a year full of experiments (most notably, changing frequency from bi-weekly to monthly), and we need your help to make Art21 News better. If you are interested in helping shape the future of Art21 News, please take this short survey. Though the survey is anonymous, respondents may also enter a drawing to win a copy of William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible on DVD!
In this issue: New William Kentridge Resources for Educators Watch Now and Read Now: William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible Support Art21: Back to School with William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible New Videos: William Kentridge and Paul McCarthy Highlights from the Art21 Blog Shop Art21
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Banner: Margaret Kilgallen installing work at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Production still from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1, Episode: Place. © Art21, Inc. 2001. Left: Andrea Zittel working in her dining room, Brooklyn, NY. Production still from from the series Art in the Twenty-First Century, Season 1, Episode: Consumption. © Art21, Inc. 2001. |
New William Kentridge Resources for Educators
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In addition to the Educators' Guide and Screening Companion for William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible film, two new Kentridge-related resources made their debut this month:
Case Studies written by educators for educators share experiences using William Kentridge's work and the William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible film in the classroom. Follow along as several teachers share periodic updates about projects currently being created with students.
On Theme looks at particular topics central to William Kentridge's work and working process, combining short films, images, discussion prompts, and activity suggestions to use with students in and out of the classroom. This week the topic is "Play and Process."
Each week, for the next three weeks, we'll be releasing additional Case Studies and Themes so check back and share with colleagues!
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Watch Now and Read Now: William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
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Miss last month's broadcast premiere of William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible? Don't worry, the 'net has you covered. Visit the film site to watch the full program in its entirety online. Local PBS stations are also still broadcasting the film--check your local listings to find out when your local station will air the program.
Also new to the film site are a series of specially-commissioned essays exploring the various themes of William Kentridge's work. Essays include:
William Kentridge's Black Box: Mozart, Goya, and the Darkening of the Enlightenment by Thomas Micchelli
Serious Play by Emily Candela, a take on Russian history and the intersection of Gogol, Shostakovich, and William Kentridge via the story of The Nose
Thinking Aloud: The Prints of William Kentridge by Sarah Kirk Hanley
The Making of "William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible" by Ian Forster, featuring a converation between Art21 managing director/series producer, Eve Moros Ortega, and Art21 director of production, Nick Ravich
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Support Art21: Back to School with William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
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These smiling faces capture the wide range of presentation styles of Art21's William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible screening partners. From Alaska to Ethiopia, Art21 has worked with arts institutions, cultural centers, and schools to present 30 local screenings of the film before its national PBS broadcast premiere on October 21, 2010.
During the month of November, to celebrate these partnerships, every dollar given to the William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible BACK TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN will go directly to Art21's education and public programs, helping us provide free resources to classrooms and community centers like those pictured above. With a donation of $5, $15, or $25 you can make a difference and help communities across the globe learn more about contemporary art.
Please consider supporting Art21's education initiatives--donate now!
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New Videos: William Kentridge and Paul McCarthy
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 | | William Kentridge: Studio Manager Anne McIlleron
Episode #126: Anne McIlleron, William Kentridge's studio manager, discusses the artist's working method and penchant for collaboration. Featuring behind-the-scenes moments from the artist's studio in Johannesburg, South Africa; a performance of I am not me, the horse is not mine (2008) at the 16th Biennale of Sydney, Australia; and rehearsals for Kentridge's production of The Nose (2010) at The Metropolitan Opera, New York.
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Episode #127: Three of William Kentridge's long-time collaborators--Sabine Theunissen (Set Design), Catherine Meyburgh (Video Composite & Editing), and Kim Gunning (Video Control & Projection)--recount the creative process of mounting a production of The Nose (2010) at The Metropolitan Opera, New York.
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 | | Paul McCarthy: Black & White Tapes
Episode #128: Interviewed in his Los Angeles studio, Paul McCarthy discusses the genesis of his Black and White Tapes (1970-75), a suite of 13 videos begun while he was a student at the University of Southern California (USC). Also featuring excerpts from the video Ma Bell (1971) and works in the exhibition Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement--Three Installations, Two Films (2008) at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
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Keep up with the Exclusive series on the Art21 Blog, or subscribe to the series via RSS or iTunes (note: link opens in iTunes). A blend of newly-shot original filming and previously unreleased archival footage, videos from the weekly Exclusive series focus on singular aspects of an artist's process, significant individual works and exhibitions, provocative ideas, and biographical anecdotes.
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Highlights from the Art21 Blog
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Want to write for the Art21 Blog? Email interest and writing samples to blog [at] art21 [dot] org.
IMAGES (from top): Berni Searle, Untitled (red), from Colour Me series, 1998. Rob Pruitt, Looking, Longing, 2008; Installation view: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; Photo courtesy of RxArt. Willem de Rooij, Intolerance, 2010; Symbol of the War God Kukailimoku, Hawaii, 18th century; Collection of James Cook, Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Photo: Claudia Obrocki.
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William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
The William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible DVD is hot off the presses and available now from ShopPBS.
Art in Twenty-First Century
Miss a season? Looking for a particular artist's segment? All 5 seasons of Art in Twenty-First Century are available on DVD, high-definition Blu-ray (Season 5 only), and digital download, giving you first-hand access to today's most compelling artists and thought-provoking themes.
Companion Books
Spanning across all 5 seasons, the Art in Twenty-First Century companion books feature in-depth interviews with all 86 series-featured artists, in addition to high-quality images and essays from Art21 Executive Director Susan Sollins.
Visit ShopPBS.org to view all available products from Art21.
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