!!!Kren, Kurt

Kren, Kurt, b. Vienna, Sept. 20, 1929, d. Vienna, 
June 23, 1998, filmmaker. Emigrated to the Netherlands in 1939, 
returned to Austria in 1947; 1952 began working in film; 1957 first 
short film, "1/57: Versuch mit synthetischem Ton"; 1960 
"2/60: 48 Koepfe aus dem Szondi-Test". From 1964 documented 
Viennese  Actionism (1968 on the cover of "Time Magazine"). 
1968-1989 lived in the USA and then returned to Vienna, where he 
created such late works as "tausendjahrekino" (1995) and 
"50/96: Snapshots" (1996). K. developed pioneering 
avant-garde filming techniques. He and P.  Kubelka are considered the 
foremost Austrian filmmakers after World War II. His entire oeuvre 
(about 50 films) comprises less than 3 hours of total running time. 
1996 one-man exhibition in the Vienna Secession; retrospectives in 
London, Paris and New York.

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Other works: 8/64: Ana - Aktion Brus, 1964; 10/65: 
Selbstverstuemmelung, 1965; 37/78: Tree Again, 1978; 39/81: Which Way 
to CA?, 1981.

!Literature
H. Scheugl, Ex Underground, 1996.


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