Peter Kubelka
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Kubelka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich
as Self
What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich
as Self
Tapes
Tapes
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
as Himself
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
as Himself
EXPRMNTL
as himself
EXPRMNTL
as himself
Fragments of Kubelka
as Himself
Fragments of Kubelka
as Himself
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
as Himself
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
as Himself
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
Cyclopean 3D: Life with a Beautiful Woman
365 Day Project
as Self
365 Day Project
as Self
Notes on Marie Menken
as Self
Notes on Marie Menken
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
as himself
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
as himself
Restoring 'Entuziazm'
as Self
Restoring 'Entuziazm'
as Self
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as Self
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
as Self
Birth of a Nation
as Self
Birth of a Nation
as Self
Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress
Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
as Self (archive footage)
Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-81
Cinématon XXX
as N°295
Cinématon XXX
as N°295
Cinématon n°295 : Peter Kubelka
as self
Cinématon n°295 : Peter Kubelka
as self
Paradise Not Yet Lost
as Himself
Paradise Not Yet Lost
as Himself
Cinématon
as N°295
Cinématon
as N°295
Four Shadows
Four Shadows
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
as Self
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
as Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
as Self
23rd Psalm Branch: Part II
as Himself
23rd Psalm Branch: Part II
as Himself