The 2010 Laureates / Arts and Philosophy / Arts (Painting, Sculpture, Craft, Architecture, Design)
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William Kentridge

South Africa / April 28, 1955
Visual Artist

"An Artist Who Has Created an Original Art by Fusing Traditional Drawings with Animation and Other Media"
Mr. Kentridge introduces traditional drawing techniques into animation, video projection and other media to develop a new medium for art in which these elements fuse together in multiple ways, thus creating an original world to express poetically his deep insights into society and human existence.

Workshop

Download(PDF): Workshop Program and Abstract

Workshop
"Resist the Single-Point Perspective! Drawings as Performances in Two, Three and Four Dimensions"

DATE: Friday, November 12, 2010

PLACE: Kyoto International Conference Center

Supervisor
Shuji Takashina [Chairman, Kyoto Prize Committee; Director, Ohara Museum of Art]
Coordinator and Moderator
Shinji Kohmoto [Member, Kyoto Prize Selection Committee; Curatorial Advisor, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto]
Associate Coordinator
Ellie Nagata

13:00
Opening Address
Introduction of Laureate
Shuji Takashina
 
Workshop
Part 1: Drawings / (Hi)story
Part 2: Film / Animation
Part 3: Theatre / Literature
  Laureate Lecture: William Kentridge (Laureate in Arts and Philosophy)
 
 Panel Discussion
Moderator:Shinji Kohmoto
Panelists:William Kentridge
Shuji Takashina
Masaki Nakamasa [Professor, Graduate School of Human and Socio-Environment Studies, Kanazawa University]
Nobuaki Doi [Research Associate, Collaborative Research Center for Theatre and Film Arts, Waseda University]
Naoto Moriyama [Associate Professor, Department of Performing Arts, Kyoto University of Art and Design]
16:30
Closing
 
 
Organized by Inamori Foundation
 
Supported by Kyoto Prefectural Government, Kyoto City Government, and NHK
 
With the cooperation of South African Embassy in Japan