About

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35
Birthday:
1934-03-23
Place of birth:
Wien, Austria
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Peter Kubelka

Overview

Peter Kubelka (born 23 March 1934 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian experimental filmmaker, architect, musician, curator and lecturer. His films are primarily short experiments in linking seemingly disparate sound and images. He is best known for his 1966 avant-garde classic Unsere Afrikareise (Our Trip to Africa).

Kubelka made 16mm films, mostly shorts, and is known for his 1960 film Arnulf Rainer, a "flicker film" which alternates black and clear film that is projected to create a "flicker" effect. Kubelka also designed the Anthology Film Archives custom film screening space in the 1970s in New York. The theater had highly raked (tiered) seating with a cowel over each seat and visual barriers between each seat so that the audience member was totally isolated visually from other patrons. The theater was painted black and the seating was covered in black velvet. The only light in the room between film showings came from a spotlight aimed at the screen, thus ensuring that the only light in the room came from the screen. The design is illustrative of the purist aesthetic of the Avant Garde film movement of that era.

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Known for

Acting
2024 What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich Actor Self N/A
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2020 Tapes Actor N/A
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2020 Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years Actor Himself 59
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2016 EXPRMNTL Actor himself N/A
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2013 Diaries, Notes, and Sketches Actor Self 59
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2012 Fragments of Kubelka Actor Himself 58
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2011 Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film Actor Himself 59
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2007 365 Day Project Actor N/A
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2006 Notes on Marie Menken Actor Himself 58
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2005 Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch Actor himself N/A
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2005 Restoring 'Entuziazm' Actor Self N/A
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2000 As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty Actor Self 61
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1997 Birth of a Nation Actor Self 58
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1993 Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress Actor N/A
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1986 He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life Actor Self (archive footage) 59
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1985 Home Movies 1971-81 Actor N/A
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1984 Cinématon XXX Actor N°295 59
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1979 Paradise Not Yet Lost Actor Himself N/A
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1978 Cinématon Actor N°295 58
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1972 Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania Actor Self 59
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1967 23rd Psalm Branch: Part II Actor Himself 58
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Directing
2012 Monument Film Directing Director 59
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2012 Antiphon Directing Director N/A
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2011 Film als Ereignis, Film als Sprache, Denken als Film Directing Director N/A
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2003 Poetry and Truth Directing Director 58
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1977 Pause! Directing Director 58
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1966 Our Trip to Africa Directing Director 58
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1960 Arnulf Rainer Directing Director 57
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1958 Schwechater Directing Director 57
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1957 Adebar Directing Director 57
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1955 Mosaic in Trust Directing Director 59
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Writing
1955 Mosaic in Trust Writing Writer 59
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Editing
1977 Pause! Editing Editor 58
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1966 Our Trip to Africa Editing Editor 58
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1955 Mosaic in Trust Editing Editor 59
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