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  • Easing the Passing (of the Hours)

    Easing the Passing (of the Hours)

    William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Deborah Bell

    Easing the Passing (of the Hours)* (1992, Betacam SP, created in collaboration with Deborah Bell and Robert Hodgins) is a computer animation depicting a day in the life of a fictional dictator named the General. The video satirizes the daily routines of a brutal authoritarian despot.