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WITS ARTS MUSEUM ENDOWMENT AUCTION 13 4 Philip Miller (b.1964) Musical soundscape for The Refusal of Time Vinyl. Includes a signed ink and wash drawing by William Kentridge and a copy of the libretto for the theatre piece Refuse the Hour . The parts are presented in a box designed and made by Lunetta Bartz. Signed by Philip Miller and William Kentridge Edition of 20 plus 9 APs 2011–2012 Donated by the composer R20 000 – 30 000 The music of Philip Miller, a South African composer based in Cape Town, has been heard in museums and galleries all over the world. The Refusal of Time was conceived by William Kentridge and science historian Peter Galison for the Documenta 13 exhibition (2012, Kassel), in collaboration with video filmmaker Catherine Meyburgh and Philip Miller. The piece explores various notions of time, including the idea of the artist’s ‘draw, erase, redraw’working method as an embodiment of the passage of time, the colonizing impact of Greenwich Mean Time and the universe as an archive of history. The vinyl pressing of Miller’s music is accompanied by a signed ink-and-wash drawing by William Kentridge and a copy of the libretto of the theatre piece Refuse the Hour . It is presented in a box designed and made by Lunetta Bartz, and signed by Philip Miller and William Kentridge.  LdB