Film UbuWeb

John Baldessari (b. 1931) Back to John Baldessari in UbuWeb Film Title (1971) "Title" is without doubt one Baldessari's most radical projects, a juxtaposition of extremely minimal images following each other without hierarchy nor direction. In this work Baldessari isolates and breaks up a classic film into its component parts. First the objects, the characters, the landscapes, then the frames associating two shapes, and finally the start of an action, of a dialogue. In this way he shows the precise making and manipulation of meaning, the tricks of cinematic space-time. RESOURCES: This UbuWeb resource is presented in partnership with Art Torrents This UbuWeb resource was edited by Stephen McLaughlin UbuWeb Film | UbuWeb PennSound | Artmob | EPC | WFMU