Walking Forward-Running Past
In Walking Forward-Running Past, Baldessari ingeniously employs photography and video to examine and ultimately deconstruct film. In this conceptual exercise, he tapes up photographic film stills of himself walking toward the camera—coming closer with each successive image—and then photos of himself running past it. The sequentiality of this action results in a crude montage, an ultimately futile attempt to recreate the phenomenological experience of cinematic movement. Gasping with exertion, Baldessari quickly and repeatedly replaces photo after photo. In his efforts to evoke the cinematic experience, a layered metonymic relationship develops between the static, photographic image of Baldessari running and his "real" movements on video.
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- Released
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- Language
- EN
Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical1 Jan 1971
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- When was Walking Forward-Running Past released?
- Walking Forward-Running Past was released on 1 January 1971.
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- Who directed Walking Forward-Running Past?
- Walking Forward-Running Past (1971) was directed by John Baldessari.
- How long is Walking Forward-Running Past?
- Walking Forward-Running Past runs for 13m.












