William Kentridge – Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot (2022)

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Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot, a multimedia project combining hand-drawn animation, collage, performance, music, and dialogues with collaborators and doppelgängers, invites viewers into Johannesburg-based William Kentridge’s studio. Through this creative process, the series offers an intimate look at how art is made and understood from the perspective of culture, history, politics, and contemporary life.

Kentridge, dressed throughout in a white button-down shirt and dark pants, has the physical presence of a silent screen comedian, only with a wry monologue to match his gestures. He plays camera tricks like Georges Méliès. Frequently, Kentridge is talking to a second version of himself in the same frame, as if in dialogue with his subconscious.

Shot in Kentridge’s Johannesburg studio during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the series draws inspiration from Charlie Chaplin, Dziga Vertov, and the innovative spirit of early cinema. Through a collection of distinct yet interconnected vignettes, it explores themes of humor, philosophy, politics, and artistic freedom—showcasing the resilience of creativity amidst isolation.

Self.Portrait.as.a.Coffee.Pot.S01E01.A.Natural.History.of.the.Studio.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	23 min 42 s
Size: 	649 MiB
Video
Codec: 	
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	3 507 kb/s
BPP: 	0.068
Audio
#1:  	English 5.1ch E-AC-3 @ 320 kb/s

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, English SDH, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

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