william kentridge

This week i was introduced to William Kentridge, illustrator/animator. Looking at his sketches and shorts had helped me in my own work. He works very loose which gives his figures movement even though they are still. in his short, the History of the Main Complaint, he seems to work with soft charcoal were after he draws one still he wipes it away on the same page he draws the next. Using this method leaves a ghost image of the past. the above image is a still from that animation and the viewer is reminded of the past action of the doctor by faint lines. he lets previous actions become the roots of the next. In Automatic Writing the words become figures and figures become words, both faint and recognizable but not necessarily readable.