SYNOPSIS: A Materialaktion (an art performance/happening in which objects are used to create an art piece) by Viennese Aktionist Otto Muehl. The setting is a solemn Christmas celebration REVIEW: Austrian artist and filmmaker Otto Muehl was the co-founder of, and one of the main participants in, the Viennese Actionism “movement” (see also Gunter Brus, Kurt Kren, Hermann Nitsch, and others). …
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Film Review: 6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Muhl) (short film) (1964)
SYNOPSIS: A short and EXPLICIT art film from Otto Mühl and Kurt Kren. REVIEW: Kurt Kren, the director of 6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Muhl), is quite an interesting figure. He was an Austrian avant-garde filmmaker, involved in creating a series of experimental films over the years. He became a part of the early punk scene in Houston, Texas, …
Read More »Film Review: Sodoma (short film) (1969)
SYNOPSIS: One of the “Vienna Actionists” art films by creator Otto Muehl REVIEW: Otto Muehl was known as one of the most extreme “Vienna Actionists” of his time using the foundation of extremes within film. In 1969, he created a short film by the name of “Sodoma”. Registering in at about 16 minutes, this old projector-styled film complete with bleached …
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