Skip to content
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Norbert Pfaffenbichler

Artist, filmmaker and curator Norbert PFAFFENBICHLER (1967, Austria) studied Media Design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. He is also co-founder of VIDOK Studio. Pfaffenbichler was involved with the Austrian abstract cinema movement which emerged in the 1990s. In 2002, he started working on his film series Notes on Film, in which he deconstructs film history from an artistic perspective. Since then, he has made a number of experimental short films, stage videos and curated exhibitions throughout Austria. He lives in Vienna.

Filmography

(selection) Wirehead (1997, short, co-dir), traxdata (1998, short, co-dir), santora (1998, short, co-dir), 36 (2001, short, co-dir), notes on film 01 else (2002, short), MAZY-Notes on MAZY (2003, short), Notes on Film 02 (2006), a1b2c3 (2006, short, co-dir), Mosaik mécanique (2008, short), A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) (2013), Odessa Crash Test (Notes on Film 09) (2014, short), 2551.02 – The Orgy of the Damned (2023)

Norbert Pfaffenbichler at IFFR