WILLIAM KENTRIDGE: Triumphs & Laments Rome, Italy
April 21, 2016
William Kentridge has plans to create a 550 meter long frieze along the banks of the Tiber river in Rome. Taking nearly 14 years to organize and approve, the project titled Triumphs & Laments will incorporate 90 large-scale Roman mythological and historical figures. The frieze will be created using a series of stencils and a process of power washing that will remove accumulated pollution from the surrounding wall, leaving behind a sequence of silhouetted figures. Gradually, as the dirt recollects, the frieze will dissolve and disappear.
The inauguration for Triumphs & Laments will be April 21, 2016, at which Kentridge's collaborator, composer Philip Miller, will deliver a live performance.
Read the original article from The Art Newspaper.
Above: William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments proposal. Rendering by Andrea Biagioni, Pippo Marino, 2014
William Kentridge Along the Tiber River in Rome
Rome, Italy
April 21, 2016
William Kentridge has plans to create a 550 meter long frieze along the banks of the Tiber river in Rome. Taking nearly 14 years to organize and approve, the project titled Triumphs & Laments will incorporate 90 large-scale Roman mythological and historical figures. The frieze will be created using a series of stencils and a process of power washing that will remove accumulated pollution from the surrounding wall, leaving behind a sequence of silhouetted figures. Gradually, as the dirt recollects, the frieze will dissolve and disappear.
The inauguration for Triumphs & Laments will be April 21, 2016, at which Kentridge's collaborator, composer Philip Miller, will deliver a live performance.
Read the original article from The Art Newspaper.
Above: William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments proposal. Rendering by Andrea Biagioni, Pippo Marino, 2014