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Sounds from the Black Box

Arts World Financial Center screens Sounds from the Black Box, South African artist Willima Kentridge’s most recent animation work and the latest in his long series of collaborations with South African composer Philip Miller.

A follow-up to and expansion of Kentridge and Miller's 9 Drawings for Projection project, Sounds from the Black Box combines the artist's  animations with scores by Miller, which is performed live by the New York City-based Ensemble Pi.

The screenings coincide with a major Kentridge exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (Feb 24–March 17) and a Kentridge-directed-and-designed production of Shostakovich’s The Nose at the Metropolitan Opera (March 5–25).

Based in Johannesburg , South Africa , William Kentridge began his "Drawings for Projections" series in 1989, introducing what would become his trademark technique of animating sequences of charcoal drawings that are rubbed out and sketched over on one piece of paper. He has since established himself as one of South Africa 's top artists, and his work has been exhibited in major institutions throughout the world.

Philip Miller is a South African composer and music producer who creates music and sound for television, video, live performance, and film, including director Philip Noyce's 2006 feature film "Catch a Fire." Ensemble Pi is a socially conscious new music group dedicated to performing the works of living and undiscovered composers.