A Running Woman
16mm | 3 min | color | 2023-2025
In an interview in the book "A Critical Cinema" by Scott Macdonald, Hollis Frampton stated that he had created three long films and one short film before releasing his film "Process Red" (1966), which was the earliest finished film he had distributed at the time of the interview. One of these earlier films was titled "A Running Man."
He described it as “…a landscape film that was held together as a picaresque by an unidentified man who ran through the shots, who might appear anywhere in the space, go through it in some way, and exit—all at full tilt”. He mentioned that the film had been “projected to death”.
Inspired by this concept, we decided to create our own version of the film, adhering to the general premise outlined by Frampton. In a nod to the fate of Frampton's film, our version was shot in color reversal and we are projecting the original print.
A Running Woman 2024
16mm | 35mm slides | 3 min | color | 2024
In 2023 we embarked on a project to remake a lost film by Hollis Frampton called "A Running Man." The original film was 22 minutes long. For various reasons, we decided to convert each minute of the original film into a 30-meter roll of film and to shoot one roll per year. This approach means we will be remaking this film over the course of 22 years. Last year, we shot the first roll/minute. What you will see shortly is the second roll/minute of the film.
A Running Woman 2025
16mm | 35mm slides | 6 min | color | 2025
Our original intention for this project was to shoot every roll on color reversal film stock and to project the camera original. As we reached the third part, however, we encountered both technical and philosophical difficulties in following through with this concept. These difficulties led us to reconsider our original method and ultimately to depart from some of the rules we had established for the project. The third part is the result of this process.
