William Kentridge argues with himself in streaming series

At night, while Kentridge is presumably sleeping, mice made of crumpled paper scurry along his desk and play the piano, as an old tuba dances with an equally ancient video camera.

Kentridge has described Self-Portrait as intended as a polemic experience about a way of working, a confidence in giving an image the benefit of the doubt, and seeing what emerges.

The series combines humour and seriousness through dialogue (and monologue), animation, drawing, music and performance. A Dada-esque love letter to the studio and art-making, the series is delightfully optimistic.

Each episode takes the audience through Kentridge's sometimes convoluted process of art-making—from charcoal drawings to ripped and reconstructed pieces of paper, giant shadow puppets and wall projections.

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