Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Prolific South African artist and filmmaker William Kentridge chronicles how he creates intricate, wall-sized charcoal d | dG1fM3pUS19qQ3A4OU0

Transcript

00:00When I was three years old, I wanted to be an elephant.

00:07I failed at that, so I was reduced to being an artist.

00:18The studio is both a physical place and a metaphoric space.

00:22It's a place of making and of making meaning.

00:28I prefer the solitary act of drawing.

00:31I prefer the companionship of collaborators.

00:34One of the hard things to realize is the edge of who one is,

00:38of what your imagination can produce.

00:41This is the job of the studio,

00:44to turn that which is invisible into something visible.

00:48So you start thinking you'll do a picture of the whole universe,

00:52but you end up with a coffee pot.