Peter Kubelka

Acting

Peter Kubelka

Overview

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Birthday
Mar 23, 1934 (91 years old)

Peter Kubelka

Known For

Tapes
10h 39m
Movie 2020

Tapes

The tapes in the program consist of some of Mekas’...

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
1h 36m
Movie 2020

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

This historical and analytical documentary draws attention to the background...

EXPRMNTL
1h 5m
Movie 2016

EXPRMNTL

Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the...

Fragments of Kubelka
3h 50m
Movie 2012

Fragments of Kubelka

This epic documentary subtly introduces the complex worldview of iconic...

365 Day Project
16h 39m
Movie 2007

365 Day Project

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a...

Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
0h 58m
Movie 2005

Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage...

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
4h 48m
Movie 2000

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

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie...

Birth of a Nation
1h 25m
Movie 1997

Birth of a Nation

Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four...

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1h 21m
Movie 1996

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

A 1971–72 documentary film by Jonas Mekas. It revolves around...

Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress
1h 51m
Movie 1993

Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

An historic event: Peter Kubelka gives a lecture at the...

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.​