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FRAGMENTS OF KUBELKA Martina<\/strong> Kudl\u00e1cek, Fragments of Kubelka, Austria, 2012, 232 min FRAGMENTS OF KUBELKA FRAGMENTS OF KUBELKA The filmmaker Jonas Mekas has written: \u2018Kubelka’s cinema is like a piece of crystal, or some other object of nature: It doesn\u00b4t look like it was produced by man; one could easily conceive that it was picked up from among the organic treasures of nature.\u2019<\/p>\n
\nSaturday 13 October 2012, at 1pm
\nLondon ICA Cinema 1<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>In this extended portrait, Peter Kubelka speaks at length about his life, work and interests, drawing on a vast range of knowledge and experience. Active as a filmmaker since the 1950s, Kubelka\u2019s acclaimed cinematic works are only one aspect of his dynamic personality. In his legendary public lectures, he holds forth on a variety of disciplines including film, music, archaeology and cooking. He has also played an important institutional role in establishing the Austrian Film Museum, and as co-founder of Anthology Film Archives, for whom he designed an ideal viewing theatre known as the Invisible Cinema. Martina Kudl\u00e1cek (known for previous documentaries on Maya Deren and Marie Menken) immersed herself in Kubelka\u2019s world for several years, researching historical footage, recording lectures, and perhaps most importantly, filming him at home surrounded by his eclectic collection of anthropological objects. In these precious sequences, Fragments of Kubelka<\/em> provides extraordinary insight in conveying his philosophy on life and art.<\/p>\nPROGRAMME NOTES<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Saturday 13 October 2012, at 1pm
\nLondon ICA Cinema 1<\/p>\n
\nMartina Kudl\u00e1cek, Austria, 2012, HD video, colour, sound, 232 min
\n<\/strong>Fragments of Kubelka <\/em>is an epic documentary subtly introduces the complex worldview of iconic filmmaker and theoretician Peter Kubelka (born 1934, Vienna). While Kubelka\u2019s radical and pioneering body of films is a highly condensed work of about an hour, focusing on the essence of cinema, his legendary lectures often unfold over many hours. These lectures on \u2018what is cinema\u2019 and \u2018cooking as an art form\u2019 are frequently illuminated by presentation of archaeological artefacts from Kubelka\u2019s eclectic collection. He considers his ongoing collecting to be an expanded film practice which explores the evolution of humanity. Martina Kudl\u00e1cek has carefully woven an open-ended portrait which goes beyond the biographical to reveal fresh insights into the phenomenon of film.<\/p>\n