Biography

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.​

Most Famous Work

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
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Cinématon
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Cinématon

(1978) N°295
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
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365 Day Project
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365 Day Project

(2007) Self
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
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Birth of a Nation
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Birth of a Nation

(1997) Self
What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich
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Acting

Directing

Editing

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1977 Editor
1966 Editor
1955 Editor
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Writing

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1955 Writer
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