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The Forum: Lines

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03/01/2015

BBC Radio 4 - The Forum, Lines

How a spark of inspiration is transformed into a line on canvas or a line of verse.

Bridget Kendall and guests Timothy Ingold, Imtiaz Dharker and William Kentridge discuss the life of lines, on a page, on canvas, in nature and in life.

Our world seems to be bound and criss-crossed by lines: except that when you look closely, many of them do not exist in reality, only in your mind. So what are we to make of lines: a useful human abstraction, to help us make sense of the world? And what does a line mean to an artist, whether one who wields a paintbrush or pencil, or one who fashions words into poetic verse? Joining Bridget Kendall are social anthropology professor Timothy Ingold, poet and graphic artist Imtiaz Dharker and distinguished South African artist William Kentridge. 
(Photo: Lines of pebbles on the beach with Timothy Ingold)

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