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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.​

Personal information

Birthday

1934-03-23

Birth Place

Wien, Austria

Movies and TV shows :

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

1967

5.6

Movie
365 Day Project

365 Day Project

2007

0.0

Movie
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

2000

7.8

Movie
Birth of a Nation

Birth of a Nation

1997

6.3

Movie
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

2020

5.2

Movie
Cinématon

Cinématon

1978

4.3

Movie
Cinématon XXX

Cinématon XXX

1984

0.0

Movie
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

1968

7.4

Movie
EXPRMNTL

EXPRMNTL

2016

0.0

Movie
Four Shadows

Four Shadows

1978

7.0

Movie
Fragments of Kubelka

Fragments of Kubelka

2012

5.0

Movie
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

2011

6.7

Movie
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

1986

8.0

Movie
Home Movies 1971-81

Home Movies 1971-81

1985

0.0

Movie
Notes on Marie Menken

Notes on Marie Menken

2006

5.4

Movie
Paradise Not Yet Lost

Paradise Not Yet Lost

1979

0.0

Movie
Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

1993

0.0

Movie
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

1972

6.9

Movie
Restoring 'Entuziazm'

Restoring 'Entuziazm'

2005

0.0

Movie
Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

2005

0.0

Movie
Tapes

Tapes

2020

0.0

Movie
What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich

What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich

2024

0.0

Movie