Kubelka has gone back to the individual still frame as the essence of cinema. The fact that a projected film consists of 24 still images per second serves as the basis of his ‘metric’ art. At the same time, he subverts the supposed power of subliminal messages, by pushing these to the extreme. A deliriously dense ode to consumption.
Also in this combined programme
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Arnulf Rainer
This is a film composed entirely of solid black and solid white frames, strung together in lengths as long as 24 frames and as short… -
Pause!
Arnulf Rainer, member of the Wiener Aktionists, is an artist of unique originality and intensity. His ‘face art’ constitutes the unique imagery of the -
Unsere Afrikareise
Under the guise of a conventional amateur travelogue portraying a safari, Kubelka confronts us with a cunning cultural analysis of the hunt for images -
Mosaik im Vertrauen
In his first film work, Kubelka evokes episodes of flirtation, courtship, and break-ups, played out against a series of non-corresponding audio excerp -
Dichtung und Wahrheit
Discarded takes from advertising films are presented almost untouched, as documents that unwittingly offer valuable and humorous insights into the hum -
Adebar
Kubelka strips the images down to their black-and-white essentials, to create the ultimate abstract film choreography.
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 1958
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 2'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
