2nd Hand Reading
William Kentridge
2014
2nd Hand Reading
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Second-Hand Reading explores history, memory, and the production of knowledge through the obsolete form of the flip book. Created from a 1936 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, the work unfolds ...
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2nd Hand Reading
William Kentridge
2014
Johannesburg: Fourthwall Books
Unpaginated [800 pages]
27.5 × 19.5 × 5.5 cm

Second-Hand Reading explores history, memory, and the production of knowledge through the obsolete form of the flip book. Created from a 1936 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, the work unfolds through charcoal, ink, and watercolor drawings of the artist's pacing figure, Johannesburg landscapes, dancing figures, and poetic aphorisms. Transforming an outdated reference book into a moving image, Kentridge reflects on the materiality of the book and the provisional nature of historical knowledge. An accompanying film features an original score by Neo Muyanga.

Johannesburg: Fourthwall Books
Unpaginated [800 pages]
27.5 × 19.5 × 5.5 cm

Second-Hand Reading explores history, memory, and the production of knowledge through the obsolete form of the flip book. Created from a 1936 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, the work unfolds through charcoal, ink, and watercolor drawings of the artist's pacing figure, Johannesburg landscapes, dancing figures, and poetic aphorisms. Transforming an outdated reference book into a moving image, Kentridge reflects on the materiality of the book and the provisional nature of historical knowledge. An accompanying film features an original score by Neo Muyanga.

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Second-Hand Reading explores history, memory, and the production of knowledge through the obsolete form of the flip book. Created from a 1936 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, the work unfolds through charcoal, ink, and watercolor drawings of the artist's pacing figure, Johannesburg landscapes, dancing figures, and poetic aphorisms. Transforming an outdated reference book into a moving image, Kentridge reflects on the materiality of the book and the provisional nature of historical knowledge. An accompanying film features an original score by Neo Muyanga.

Johannesburg: Fourthwall Books
Unpaginated [800 pages]
27.5 × 19.5 × 5.5 cm

Second-Hand Reading explores history, memory, and the production of knowledge through the obsolete form of the flip book. Created from a 1936 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, the work unfolds through charcoal, ink, and watercolor drawings of the artist's pacing figure, Johannesburg landscapes, dancing figures, and poetic aphorisms. Transforming an outdated reference book into a moving image, Kentridge reflects on the materiality of the book and the provisional nature of historical knowledge. An accompanying film features an original score by Neo Muyanga.

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Second-Hand Reading explores history, memory, and the production of knowledge through the obsolete form of the flip book. Created from a 1936 edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, the work unfolds through charcoal, ink, and watercolor drawings of the artist's pacing figure, Johannesburg landscapes, dancing figures, and poetic aphorisms. Transforming an outdated reference book into a moving image, Kentridge reflects on the materiality of the book and the provisional nature of historical knowledge. An accompanying film features an original score by Neo Muyanga.

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