Austrian Avant-Garde: Peter Kubelka – A Cook and a Film Maker
Beata Kosińska-Krippner
kwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.plInstitute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
Abstract
A portrait of Peter Kubelka - one of the best known Austrian artist, a legend of international film avantgarde in the post-war era. The author presents Kubelka’s films in the order of their production, showing the evolution of his work resulting from the search for the essence of film. In her presentation of Kubelka’s life and work Kosińska-Krippner presents the richness of his personality, and the width of his culture related interests (film, cooking, architecture, archaeology). She shows him as a director, teacher, adventurer, presenter, performer, philosopher, ethnologist, cook and a musician. She describes his most important projects (Austrian Film Museum, Anthology Film Archives, The Invisible Cinema) and notes the influence Kubelka had on other artists.
Keywords:
Peter Kubelka, Austrian avant-garde, Anthology Film ArchiveReferences
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Beata Kosińska-Krippnerkwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Pracuje w Zakładzie Antropologii Kultury, Filmu i Sztuki Audiowizualnej w Instytucie Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk; zajmuje się teorią i historią filmu i telewizji; redaktorka “Kwartalnika Filmowego”, w którym w latach 1993-2005 publikowała m.in. doroczną kronikę wydarzeń filmowych, obejmującą lata 1992-2002. Autorka pracy doktorskiej pt. Poetyka polskiej telenoweli dokumentalnej (2008), napisanej pod kierunkiem prof. Marka Hendrykowskiego.
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