Digital Event - Goodman Gallery: William Kentridge's artist led tour of his new exhibition of drawings and film, 'City Deep'

Join William Kentridge LIVE for an artist led tour of his new exhibition of drawings and film, 'City Deep', broadcast from Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.



'City Deep' is the much-anticipated 11th film in Kentridge’s 'Drawings for Projection', a series of animated films drawn over 30 years, featuring the protagonist Soho Eckstein. South Africa’s political transition from the violent years of apartheid to democracy sets the scene for a saga of loss, love, anger, compassion, guilt and forgiveness. The films revolve around the power-hungry mining magnate Soho Eckstein, his wife Mrs. Eckstein and her lover, the solitary artist Felix Teitlebaum. As the story unfolds, Soho’s empire crumbles as he comes to terms with his own frailties and the first signs of mortality. 



Like previous films in the series, 'City Deep' is grounded within Kentridge’s home city of Johannesburg and can be viewed as a counterpoint to the 1990 film, Mine, which depicts images of the deep level mining industry. 'City Deep' extends this depiction to the informal, surface-level “zama zama” miners of current day Johannesburg. 

Translated from Zulu as ‘try your luck’ or ‘take a chance’, “zama zama” is the name given to the miners who illegally work decommissioned mines on the edges of the formal mining economy. Manual labour replaces large machines, creating open scars in the Highveld landscape.

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Registration Required - Guests are asked to register in advance for this event via the following Zoom link : http://bit.ly/Kentridge6Oct. They will receive a meeting ID and URL to join the tour. Spaces are limited.

Held via Zoom.

Image Caption: William Kentridge, Drawing for City Deep (City Deep Title), 2020. Courtesy William Kentridge and Goodman Gallery.