0:00:04 > 0:00:09This programme contains some scenes of a sexual nature.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15William Kentridge is an artist of global stature,
0:00:15 > 0:00:19whose work is shown in museums and opera houses around the world.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23He was born in South Africa
0:00:23 > 0:00:27shortly after the imposition of apartheid and his career has
0:00:27 > 0:00:31coincided with the most turbulent period in his country's history.
0:00:34 > 0:00:39In 1989, William made the first in a series of hand-drawn,
0:00:39 > 0:00:43animated films that he calls Drawings For Projection.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Johannesburg, The 2nd Greatest City After Paris is the first film,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52and when it was made in 1989,
0:00:52 > 0:00:56there was no understanding at all that it would become part of
0:00:56 > 0:01:01a series that would be going on for 26 years - and ongoing.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06The title came from this absurd dream phrase.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09At that stage, I was keeping a dream diary and I woke up with
0:01:09 > 0:01:13an image of a group photograph and the caption said,
0:01:13 > 0:01:19"Soho Eckstein" - don't know where the name came from - "with 120 artists and photographers
0:01:19 > 0:01:22"who spent eight hours recording Johannesburg,
0:01:22 > 0:01:26"the second greatest city after Paris."
0:01:26 > 0:01:28MUSIC: Harlem Flat Blues by The Jungle Band
0:01:37 > 0:01:39BIRDSONG
0:01:42 > 0:01:45URBAN NOISE
0:02:10 > 0:02:11RHYTHMIC CLANGING
0:02:13 > 0:02:14RUNNING WATER
0:02:18 > 0:02:20SPLASHING
0:02:23 > 0:02:25WATER SLOSHES
0:02:29 > 0:02:31RHYTHMIC CLANGING
0:02:51 > 0:02:53TYPEWRITER CLACKS
0:03:13 > 0:03:14BOTTLE SMASHES
0:03:15 > 0:03:17THUMP OF IMPACTS
0:03:19 > 0:03:20CAT MEOWS
0:03:21 > 0:03:23WATER LAPS
0:04:23 > 0:04:25CHORAL MUSIC
0:04:56 > 0:04:58TELEPHONE RINGS
0:05:02 > 0:05:03DISTORTED VOICE
0:05:06 > 0:05:07TELEPHONE RINGS
0:05:10 > 0:05:11NEW DISTORTED VOICE
0:05:23 > 0:05:24CHORAL MUSIC
0:05:27 > 0:05:28SPLASHING
0:05:32 > 0:05:34MULTIPLE DISTORTED VOICES
0:05:34 > 0:05:35TELEPHONE RINGS
0:05:57 > 0:05:58CHORAL MUSIC
0:06:17 > 0:06:18CHIME
0:06:22 > 0:06:24TRAIN-LIKE CHUGGING
0:06:32 > 0:06:34SLURPING
0:06:36 > 0:06:37TRAIN-LIKE CHUGGING
0:06:40 > 0:06:42SLURPING
0:06:43 > 0:06:44TRAIN-LIKE CHUGGING
0:07:12 > 0:07:13CHOMPING
0:07:39 > 0:07:41SPLASHING
0:07:45 > 0:07:46HOLLOW THUD
0:08:02 > 0:08:03STRUGGLING
0:08:25 > 0:08:27GRUNTS AND BLOWS LANDING
0:08:49 > 0:08:52DISTANT TRAIN-LIKE CHUGGING