He also uses imagery and
allegory to good effect, such
as the reference to playing table tennis on a moving train: The ball may
appear to be bouncing back and forth, but in the grand scheme it's really moving only in one direction.
Making reference to the reaper who
appears in everyday lives in Hans Holbein's 16th - century series «The Dance of Death,»
as well
as to the shadows that enthrall the fictional prisoners in Plato's
allegory of the cave (a recurring theme in Kentridge's work), the piece also conjures a modern - day New Orleans funeral march.