"I wanted to place cinema in a position where it could stand shoulder to shoulder with any musician and any painter. I wanted to be able to consider cinema as a force capable of competing with those arts. Furthermore, I wanted to get to the absolute core of my medium and handle it in the purest form possible." (Peter Kubelka, Lecture, New York University, 1974)

“None of my films can be transferred to another medium, because none of them would make sense. No other medium can convey the message of the works or the thoughts they provoke. It has to be on film or nothing. That is why I will not allow my films to be transferred to video or digital media. If cinema disappears, then I want to disappear with my work as well.” (Peter Kubelka, 2011)

Curated by Carlos Iglesias and Maria Begoña Izquierdo

Organized by: Master LAV and Círculo de Bellas Artes.

projections:

Adebar
Peter Kubelka, Austria, 1956-57, 3 min [35 mm]

Schewechaters
Peter Kubelka, Austria, 1957-58, 2 min [35 mm]

Arnulf Rainer
Peter Kubelka, Austria, 1958-1960, 6 min [35 mm]

Anticipation of the Night
Stan Brakhage, 1958, United States, 41 min [16 mm]