矿井

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  • MineisKentridge'sthirdfilm,althoughitisoftenshownb… MineisKentridge'sthirdfilm,althoughitisoftenshownbytheartistassecondintheseries,beforeMonument(TateT07483).ItwasmadefromeighteendrawingsandissettoDvorak'sCelloConcertoinBminor,Opus104.Init,Kentridgedevelopstheanalogybetweenlandscapeandmindbegunintheearlierfilms.AjourneyintotheminesprovidesavisualrepresentationofajourneyintotheconscienceofKentridge'sinventedcharacter,SohoEckstein,thewhiteSouthAfricanpropertyownerwhoexploitstheresourcesoflandandblackhumanlabourwhichareunderhisdomain.ThroughoutthefilmtheimageryshiftsbetweenthegeologicallandscapeundergroundinhabitedbyinnumerableblackminersandSoho'sworldofwhiteluxuryaboveground.WhenSoho,breakfastinginbed,pushesdowntheplungerofhiscafetière,itsmovementistransformedintoarapiddescentthroughthetray,throughthebedandintothemine-shaft.Heretheminers'worldofoverwhelmingmiseryisdepictedinclaustrophobictunnelswheretheyaretrappeddigging,drillingandsleeping,embeddedinrock.Aboveground,Sohositsathisdeskinhiscustomarypin-stripesuitandpunchesaddingmachinesandcashregisters,creatingaflowofgoldbars,exhaustedminers,blastedlandscapesandblocksofuniformhousing.Attheendofthefilmatiny,liverhinocerosiscarriedupfromundergroundtoappearonSoho'sdesk.This,liketheimageofaNigerianIfeheadwhichappearsatthebeginningofthefilm,alludestoexoticisingcolonialistattitudestowardsAfricaanditspeople,whichreducehumanandanimalresourcestotrinketsandsymbolsofwealth.Italsoreferstotheecologicaldamagecausedbyindustry,athemecommontothisseriesoffilms.

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