BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26273@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:William Kentridge: In Defence of the Less Good Idea DTSTAMP:20260820T170146Z DTSTART:20260920T123000Z DESCRIPTION:‘Maybe there sadly doesn’t exist a solution\, only a series of less bad ideas.’\nIn conversation with William Kentridge on how ideas\, es pecially the bad ones\,\ncome to fruition.\n\nWilliam Kentridge is one of the most prominent artists of our time. His work\nspans charcoal drawings\ , animation\, film\, theatre and opera. A multifaceted body\nof work in wh ich his distinctive artistic signature nevertheless always remains\nclearl y visible. Kentridge’s work often reflects on the political history of\nSo uth Africa and has been exhibited around the world\, most recently in Amst erdam\nat the Stedelijk Museum\, Eye and the Holland Festival.\n\nIn his h ometown of Johannesburg\, Kentridge founded the Centre for the Less Good\n Idea\, an interdisciplinary art studio catering to hundreds of local artis ts that\nare given the opportunity to experiment and fail. ‘A safe place t o do stupid\nthings’\, according to Kentridge. A space where less good ide as can grow. Because\nthey are the ones that often turn out to have the gr eatest potential.\n\nIn his newest book Doctrines of Affection\, William K entridge looks back at the\ntwists and turns that shaped the Centre for th e Less Good Idea and his art\npractice\, and discovers that the detours ma y have been more important than the\ndestination.\n\nTogether with William Kentridge\, we explore how creative ideas come to fruition\nand why uncer tainty\, collaboration and absurdity are so important to the process\nof c reating art in a world that seems so focused on efficiency\, rationality a nd\nproductivity. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/william-kentridge-in-defence-of-the-les s-good-idea GEO:52.3630433;4.8828596 LOCATION:De Balie - Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10\, 1017 RR Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:amsterdam-centrum,books,exhibition,festivals,film,idee & verbeel ding,leidseplein,theater X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

‘Maybe there sadly doesn’t exist a solution, only a series of less bad ideas.’ In conversati on with William Kentridge on how ideas, especially the bad ones, come to f ruition.

William Kentridge is one of the most prominent ar tists of our time. His work spans charcoal drawings, animation, film, thea tre and opera. A multifaceted body of work in which his distinctive artist ic signature nevertheless always remains clearly visible. Kentridge’s work often reflects on the political history of South Africa and has been exhi bited around the world, most recently in Amsterdam at the Stedelijk Museum , Eye and the Holland Festival.

In his hometown of Johannesburg, Ke ntridge founded the Centre for the Less Good Idea, an interdisciplinary ar t studio catering to hundreds of local artists that are given the opportun ity to experiment and fail. ‘A safe place to do stupid things’, according to Kentridge. A space where less good ideas can grow. Because they are the ones that often turn out to have the greatest potential.

In his n ewest book Doctrines of Affection, William Kentridge looks back a t the twists and turns that shaped the Centre for the Less Good Idea and h is art practice, and discovers that the detours may have been more importa nt than the destination.

Together with William Kentridge, we explor e how creative ideas come to fruition and why uncertainty, collaboration a nd absurdity are so important to the process of creating art in a world th at seems so focused on efficiency, rationality and productivity.

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