William Kentridge in collaboration with Philip Miller and Catherine Meyburgh I am not me, the horse is not mine 2008 Courtesy of the artist
South African artist William Kentridge’s eight-channel video installation I am not me, the horse is not mine is showcased in the UK for the first time in the Tanks at É«¿Ø´«Ã½.
Projected simultaneously across the walls of the Tank, each film is played on a continuous loop to create an immersive audio-visual environment, which resists the establishment of a single narrative. Each short film contributes layers to a story that references Russian modernism, from Soviet film of the 1920s and 1930s to the calamitous end of the Russian avant-garde.
Kentridge grew up and continues to live in Johannesburg, where his parents were lawyers involved in the anti-apartheid movement. Informed by this background, Kentridge often addresses the fraught legacy of apartheid and colonialism through innovative use of charcoal drawing, printmaking, collages, stop-animation, film and theatre.
