Peter Weibel Movies

  • 1998
    Stille Weiher

    Stille Weiher

    Stille Weiher

    01998HD

    Gustav Klimt in search of the artwork of the present. Using Klimt's paintings, "Quiet Pond" presents reasons why kitsch is art, art is kitsch, and...

    Stille Weiher
  • 2001
    Depiction is a Crime

    Depiction is a Crime

    Depiction is a Crime

    02001HD

    Compilation consisting of 17 of Peter Weibel's earlier works.

    Depiction is a Crime
  • 1971
    Imaginary Water Sculpture

    Imaginary Water Sculpture

    Imaginary Water Sculpture

    01971HD

    "I throw water in space with a bucket. A video camera pictures this. Another camera pictures this event from the TV screen. 3 modalities of reality:...

    Imaginary Water Sculpture
  • 2024
    TV & VT-Works

    TV & VT-Works

    TV & VT-Works

    02024HD

    Broadcast on the Austrian Television (ORF) in June 1972, TV & VT-Works comprises a series of ‘tele-actions’ in which a cigar-smoking...

    TV & VT-Works
  • 1974
    Parenthetical Identity

    Parenthetical Identity

    Parenthetical Identity

    01974HD

    "If I were the second son of my mother and father I would have been my brother. Thus, I am brother, I am brother of the second son of my mother and...

    Parenthetical Identity
  • 1967
    Nivea

    Nivea

    Nivea

    01967HD

    In Nivea, an actor, holding a rubber ball, stands motionless for one minute (like a standing frame) in front of the screen onto which empty frames...

    Nivea
  • 1974
    Self Limitation - Self Drawing - Self Description

    Self Limitation - Self Drawing - Self Description

    Self Limitation - Self Drawing - Self Description

    01974HD

    Experimental short examining the self in deep ways.

    Self Limitation - Self Drawing - Self Description
  • 1974
    Monodrom

    Monodrom

    Monodrom

    01974HD

    "The word 'monodrom' is derived from the Greek and means one-way street. That is TV: a one-way communication system, a monodrom." - Peter Weibel

    Monodrom
  • 1975
    Tritity

    Tritity

    Tritity

    01975HD

    Experimental short merging poetry and the words of Jesus Christ.

    Tritity
  • 1967
    Every Action Causes Another

    Every Action Causes Another

    Every Action Causes Another

    01967HD

    Short film depicting a typewriter and text falling over.

    Every Action Causes Another
  • 1970
    Die Kommunikation is das Medium

    Die Kommunikation is das Medium

    Die Kommunikation is das Medium

    01970HD

    Communication is the medium

    Die Kommunikation is das Medium
  • 1972
    Switchersex

    Switchersex

    Switchersex

    01972HD

    Two cameras are connected via a switch and the recordings are blended into a picture on the monitor. Layers of various body parts are made in order...

    Switchersex
  • 1970
    Depiction Is A Crime

    Depiction Is A Crime

    Depiction Is A Crime

    01970HD

    An instant-camera and a TV camera are placed opposite one another. They operate at the same time. The actor takes photographs with the Polaroid...

    Depiction Is A Crime
  • 1972
    Timeblood

    Timeblood

    Timeblood

    01972HD

    1972 film documenting blood-giving and exhibition of the process.

    Timeblood
  • 1970
    TV-Aquarium (TV-Death 1)

    TV-Aquarium (TV-Death 1)

    TV-Aquarium (TV-Death 1)

    01970HD

    As an aquarium, the TV set signifies the identity of a real and reproduced event. Its images transform the TV set into an aquarium, a still-life, an...

    TV-Aquarium (TV-Death 1)