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6/64: MAMA AND PAPA: AN OTTO MÜHL HAPPENING
6/64: Mama und Papa (Materialaktion Otto Mühl)
Synopsis
With the making of his sixth film, Kren introduced subject-matter that was considered at that time to be highly revolutionary or even explosive. He began filming ‘actions’ and ‘happenings’ staged by Otto Muehl and Günter Brus, and by the Vienna Institute for Direct Art.
Synopsis
With the making of his sixth film, Kren introduced subject-matter that was considered at that time to be highly revolutionary or even explosive. He began filming ‘actions’ and ‘happenings’ staged by Otto Muehl and Günter Brus, and by the Vienna Institute for Direct Art.
Our take
More than just a document of a Viennese Actionist “happening,” this rapid-fire silent short shows structural filmmaker Kurt Kren making a statement in his own right. Violent, brutal and very, very messy, both the “happening” and film hack the family institution to shreds and leave little intact.