Notes Towards a Model Opera (2015)
William Kentridge’s Notes Towards a Model Opera (2014–15) is an 11-minute video work that pulses with visual ingenuity and historical resonance. Crafted for Beijing’s Ullens Center in 2015, it dissects the Cultural Revolution’s eight model operas—propaganda ballets and plays designed to forge Mao’s ideal revolutionary spirit. Kentridge transforms their rigid ideology into a fluid, multi-screen meditation on revolution’s dreams and failures, blending China’s past with global echoes.
Director: William Kentridge
Runtime: 11 min
Release Date: June 27, 2015
Original Language: en
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- What is Notes Towards a Model Opera about?
- William Kentridge’s Notes Towards a Model Opera (2014–15) is an 11-minute video work that pulses with visual ingenuity and historical resonance. Crafted for Beijing’s Ullens Center in 2015, it dissects the Cultural Revolution’s eight model operas—propaganda ballets and plays designed to forge Mao’s ideal revolutionary spirit. Kentridge transforms their rigid ideology into a fluid, multi-screen meditation on revolution’s dreams and failures, blending China’s past with global echoes.
- Who directed Notes Towards a Model Opera?
- Notes Towards a Model Opera was directed by William Kentridge.
- How long is Notes Towards a Model Opera?
- Notes Towards a Model Opera has a runtime of 11m (11 minutes).