Windowscapes, dreamscapes and screen texts: train travel as performative practice in experimental film

Echoing the current research on mobilities, performative practice and the performative documentary, railway journey in screen texts is increasingly seen as a complex embodied, experiential and performative practice. However, although train films have received some attention in film criticism, little...

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Published inText and performance quarterly Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 331 - 353
Main Author Boczkowska, Kornelia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Villanova Routledge 01.10.2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
embodiment
experimental film
railway mobilities
train travel
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Summary:Echoing the current research on mobilities, performative practice and the performative documentary, railway journey in screen texts is increasingly seen as a complex embodied, experiential and performative practice. However, although train films have received some attention in film criticism, little is known about the performative potential of train travel in experimental film. To fill this gap, I take a phenomenological stance on railway journeying to demonstrate how several stylistically distinct and rarely screened experimental films stage passengering through the display of window views or larger sections of trainspace, turning it into productive site of contemplation, creative activity and artistic expression.
ISSN:1046-2937
1479-5760
DOI:10.1080/10462937.2024.2320643