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Walking Sculpture with Michelangelo Pistoletto

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On a visit by Michelangelo Pistoletto to Philadelphia, to celebrate the opening of two major exhibitions devoted to his work, the artist recreated his Scultura Da Passeggio (Walking Sculpture), a seminal ‘action’ first performed in 1967 on the streets of Turin, Italy.

On Saturday, October 30th 2010, the artist rolled a giant ball of newspapers made with the help of Spiral Q Puppet Theater out of Museum unto the streets of Philadelphia. This video follows Pistoletto from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, along the Schuylkill River Trail to Rittenhouse Square, City Hall, and back up the Ben Franklin Parkway to the Museum.

Recorded in Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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pedinamento

A highly influential ideologue of neorealism, scriptwriter and director Cesare Zavattini suggested “pedinare,” the Italian word for stalking or shadowing, as a technique for filmmaking. Pedinare in cinema entailed “tailing someone like a detective, not determining what the character does but seeking to find out what is about to ensue.” The etymology of the word in Italian suggests “legwork” as it is derived from the Italian word for foot, “piede.” It is possible to suggest that the proliferation of images of walking in Italian Neorealism is closely linked to the technique of pedinamento, not because all neorealist filmmakers were followers of Zavattini, but because going out onto the street to encounter the everyday life of post-war Italian cities and creating cinematic tools to articulate these encounters were major concerns for the filmmakers of that era.

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