William Kentridge's Black Box/Chambre Noire exhibition on at the Johannesburg Art Gallery ends on 9 July

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Explore the music of Black Box/Chambre Noire Artist William Kentridge and composer Philip Miller explore grief and guilt in Africa in Black Box/Chambre Noire at the Johannesburg Art Gallery. June 30, 2006 By JoNews Reporter COMPOSER Philip Miller, who has been writing music for the films of William Kentridge for more than a decade, will be giving a live performance of their latest collaboration at the Johannesburg Art Gallery on Sunday, 2 July. Kentridge's Black Box/Chambre Noir, which explores issues of grief, guilt and culpability against the backdrop of colonialism in Africa, in particular the 1904 German massacre of the Hereros in South West Africa (now Namibia), comes to an end on 9 July. Black Box/Chambre Noir is a multi-media work comprising of film, mechanised objects, music and animation. The accompanying music weaves together Herero singing with selected pieces from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. Miller will give a once-off performance of excerpts of the music on Sunday 2 July at 11am. "The performance by Philip Miller is part of the education programme planned for the exhibition," said education curator Tshidiso Makhetha. "The music will be recorded and played until the last day of the exhibition." Kentridge and Miller "marry music and art together and fuse them as an element of creativity, giving the audience a better understanding of the works", said Makhetha. The Johannesburg Art Gallery is at King George Street in Joubert Park and is open from Tuesday to Sunday at 10am to 5pm. For more information, contact 011 725 3130. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za