Kurt Kren
Kurt KREN (1929-1998, Austria) is an experimental filmmaker widely known for work with the Austrian "Aktionist" group. He was born to a Jewish-Austrian father and German mother in Austria and transported to Rotterdam by the British Refugee Children Movement as a ten-year-old child in 1939.
He began working with 8mm film in 1955 and later with 16mm. He was considered to be a key influence on structural film-making. Between 1964 and 1966 his work centred on the performance art of Otto Muehl and Günter Brus, in particular, "Material Actions".He also co-founded the Vienna Institute of Direct Art (1966) and of the Austria Filmmakers Cooperative (1968). His films were confiscated following the "Kunst und Revolution" ("Art and Revolution") event at the University of Vienna in 1968.
While living and working abroad in the US and Europe, Kren exhibited in London at the International Underground Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival in 1971. He continued to make and exhibit work up until his death in 1998.
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Filmography
Kurt Kren op IFFR
Tausendjahrekino
3'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 1996
10/65 Selbstverstümmelung
IFFR 1998
Die 120 Tage von Bottrop
60'
Duitsland
IFFR 1998
16/67 20. September
IFFR 1998
6/64 Mama und Papa
4'
Duitsland
IFFR 1998
9/64 O Tannenbaum
IFFR 1998
48 Köpfe aus dem Szondi-Test
4'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 2000
Venezia Kaputt
1'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 2000
6/64 Mama und Papa
4'
Duitsland
IFFR 2006
15/67: TV
4'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 2007
3/60 Trees in Autumn
3'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 2007
30/73 Coop Cinema Amsterdam
3'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 2007
6/64 Mama und Papa
4'
Duitsland
IFFR 2007
48/95 Tausendjahrekino
4'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 2008
10/65 Selbstverstümmelung
5'
Oostenrijk
IFFR 2018