On Forward Movement

In the form of short fragments, the text focuses on the bodily character of movement through space or forward movement. It identifies the first examples of such movement in the phantom rides of early cinema. It then moves through history to find a similar use of forward movement in the presence of the Subway Surfers gameplay in TikTok and Reddit videos. It attempts to describe the bodily effects produced by forward movement and indicate its functions in early cinema and contemporary new media.

The integral version of this article can be found in the printed KINO!