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.​
    Known for
    Directing
    Place of birth
    Wien, Austria
    Birthday
    23 March 1934
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
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Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
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He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
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Notes on Marie Menken
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Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation
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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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23rd Psalm Branch: Part II
23rd Psalm Branch: Part II
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Fragments of Kubelka
Fragments of Kubelka
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Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress
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Cinématon
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Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
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Paradise Not Yet Lost
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Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
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Tapes
Tapes
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Cinématon XXX
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Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
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Restoring 'Entuziazm'
Restoring 'Entuziazm'
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Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-81
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