Sibyl

In KENTRIDGEs crossdisciplinary crossmedia world of artistic creation images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre or installations but are seen as an important intermediary to understanding the world Taking Platos Allegory of the Cave as an example he feels that the prisoners in the cave believed the shadows on the wall represented reality not because they were controlled by hallucinations but because silhouettes projected onto walls by firelight were the beginning of mankinds understanding of the meaning of the world