Peter Kubelka
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
Popularity 0.851
Birthday 1934-03-23
Place of Birth Wien, Austria
Also Known As
Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years
2020

Cinema Austria, the first 112 Years

Restoring 'Entuziazm'
2005

Restoring 'Entuziazm'

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Home Movies 1971-81
1985

Home Movies 1971-81

Four Shadows
1978

Four Shadows

365 Day Project
2007

365 Day Project

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
1972

Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000

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

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

Notes on Marie Menken
2006

Notes on Marie Menken

Birth of a Nation
1997

Birth of a Nation

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II
1967

23rd Psalm Branch: Part II

Fragments of Kubelka
2012

Fragments of Kubelka

Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress
1993

Peter Kubelka at the Library of Congress

Cinématon
1978

Cinématon

Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch
2005

Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

Paradise Not Yet Lost
1979

Paradise Not Yet Lost

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
1968

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Tapes
2020

Tapes

Cinématon XXX
1984

Cinématon XXX

What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich
2024

What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich

EXPRMNTL
2016

EXPRMNTL