Here is your chance to see a true great mind.
Each Spring, the University of San Diego hosts the most recent winner of the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. This is an extraordinary opportunity to expose your students to one of the great thinkers of our time. Please share the information below with members of your faculty. Please consider registering to attend a presentation by William Kentridge on April 6 from 10-11:30am in Shiley Theatre. Go to www.kyotoprize.org to register and for more information about the Kyoto Prize. The Symposium is free, but you must register.
William Kentridge is an active visual artist born and based in Johannesburg, South Africa. After studying Political Science at university, he became active in Theatre and Writing. In the 1980's he created his signature technique of short films he calls "drawings in motion."
His works reflect the history and social circumstances of South Africa, where he continues to live and work. A series of his short films features Soho Eckstein and relates the history of his home country with the pains it inflicted. This series drew worldwide attention as an artistic expression resonating with postcolonial criticism.
Underlying his works and activities is a determination to examine the universal issues confronting modern people. He accomplishes this by questioning such issues as the ways in which people may build a relationship with the world, the ambiguities of goodwill and oppression, and the conflicting and ambivalent disposition of the individual. His world, full of sharp intelligence and profound poetry, exerts great influence and provides individuals worldwide with courage and hope.
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