These five snippets of Man Ray's film Emak Bakia (Basque for "leave me in peace") can be read up, down, or across. Thus time can move forward or backward in a linear fashion or progress simultaneously. Note what occurs in the second strip if we read from top to bottom: As Kiki closes her eyes, another pair of eyes, painted on her lids, opens.
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Inscription: Signed and inscribed on print, verso UC: "Man Ray // film // Emak Bakia // 1927"; inscribed on print, verso C: "5 1/2 [crossed out] // ACTUAL FILM WIDTH // SS"; inscribed on print, verso UR: "folio no.21."; inscribed on print, verso LL: "P.271 [encircled, crossed out]"; inscribed on print, verso LC: "Br 22 [in box]"; numerous layout arrows, marks, lines, scratches, dimensions including CL: "138 m/m", UC: "116 m/m", C: "34 [encircled]", UC: "24 [encircled, crossed out]";
[...]; Jedermann Collection; [Pace/MacGill to Waddell]; John C. Waddell, February 2, 1985
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840–1940," June 3–September 1, 2008.
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Man Ray (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1890–1976 Paris)
1925
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