Celebrating the Ensemble Behind William Kentridge’s Creative Studio

BRUSSELS – In anticipation of our upcoming editorial series inspired by William Kentridge’s residency as Bozar’s Grand Invité, Pluartis is pleased to announce the lineup of long-standing artistic partners participating in our feature series on his creative ecosystem.

Over the coming weeks, Pluartis will present dedicated profiles, archival materials, and exclusive written interviews with four pivotal figures whose vision, design, and technical mastery have profoundly shaped Kentridge’s global stage works, installations, and films. This will also be an opportunity to discover their independent practices and broader artistic projects beyond the studio, celebrating the distinct creative voices they bring to contemporary art and design.

The Featured Collaborators

• Catherine Meyburgh – A Johannesburg-based director, projection designer, video editor, and producer working across documentary, fiction film, and television. Meyburgh has been central to Kentridge’s moving-image practice, orchestrating the temporal rhythm, multi-screen synchronization, and video mapping of his landmark productions.
• Sabine Theunissen – A Brussels-based architect, working as a stage director, set designer, and scenographer. Theunissen has designed the physical environments, stage sets, installation and exhibition layouts, and scenography for a series of Kentridge’s most celebrated theatrical and museum productions.
• Žana Marović –  A Johannesburg-based video editor and projection designer working across theatre, opera, film, and gallery-based installations. Marović has contributed to some of Kentridge’s most significant works, helping translate his distinctive hand-drawn, process-driven aesthetic into complex visual and spatial experiences.
• Bronwyn Lace – A Vienna-based visual artist, performer, and director, who co-founded The Centre for the Less Good Idea alongside Kentridge. Lace’s feature focuses on process-led experimentation, collaborative studio methodologies, and cross-disciplinary dialogue within contemporary performance and visual arts.

What to Expect in the Coming Weeks

Each feature in the series will offer an immersive look into the collaborative engine behind these world-renowned productions. Readers can look forward to:

1. In-Depth Written Interviews: Exclusive Q&As examining each collaborator’s personal trajectory, working methodology, and creative dialogue with Kentridge.
2. Behind-the-Scenes Media: Archival studio photography, production stills, set models, and video frame grabs capturing the rehearsal and build process.
3. Exploration of Process & Craft: Practical insights into how charcoal drawings on paper are transformed into large-scale theatrical, operatic, and spatial experiences.

As the series launches on our website this October, stay tuned as we step behind the scenes to celebrate the ensemble shaping one of contemporary art’s most vibrant collaborative universes.