Kurt KREN 1929-1998
Box 1: Mama and Papa, 1964
Roll of Super 8 film, 4 videostills, 1 notebook and 5 outlines on millimeter paper
Overall: 31.5 x 23 x 16 cm
Film: 3 min 47 sec
Film: 3 min 47 sec
Edition of 50
This was Kren's first Actionist film, of a 1964 action by Otto Muehl: Mama und Papa. Constructed of short shots which were arranged according to a pre-arranged score. The emotionally...
This was Kren's first Actionist film, of a 1964 action by Otto Muehl: Mama und Papa. Constructed of short shots which were arranged according to a pre-arranged score. The emotionally charged images of nude bodies smeared with various liquids engaged in various perverse acts and contortions are counterpointed by their rapid and regular recurrence within the mathematically precise system of editing. This produces a compelling tension in the resultant film. (David Levi Strauss, "Notes on Kren: Cutting Through Structural Materialism or, "Sorry. It had to be done." in: Cinematograph I, San Francisco 1985)
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