R10,000 - R15,000
William Kentridge, Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins (South African 20th Century) MEMO
the cover signed by each artist in pencil; title on the VHS label reads MEMO AND ANOTHER COUNTRY
VHS tape with 3:00 minute VHS DUB film, sound component and silkscreen cover
VHS box: 20 by 12 by 3cm
Notes:
Executed in 1994
William Kentridge describes Memo as “a Kafka comedy in which simple office objects first escape from and finally overwhelm a middle-aged functionary.” A collaborative project created with artist friends Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins, the video was inspired by Hodgins’s depressed mood. In Memo, Hodgins portrays a wilting businessman whose attempts at controlling his frenetic office fail, leaving him paralyzed and anonymous. The character’s struggle to avoid being enveloped by an aggressive environment is a straightforward and powerful allegory that addresses how restrictions of time and space can deflate the human spirit. Kentridge says for the personal experiences that inspire his videos to resonate universally it is necessary to “find your very direct personal point of entry into each drawing or set of images of film. If that’s done diligently enough, it will also make sense beyond your immediate circle. “
- Courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
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