Günter Brus

Günter Brus Trailers

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Günter Brus is a controversial Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker and writer.

Most Popular Günter Brus Trailers

Total trailers found: 23

Kunst & Revolution Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

‘Kunst & Revolution is a documentation on the famous action known as the “filthy uni mess”, which led to a jury court trial.

Becoming Otto Trailer (2010)

01 June 2010

A portrait of the Austrian avant-garde artist Otto Mühl/Muehl (1925-2013), whose work combined sex, violence, gastronomy and bodily effluence with unbridled abandon.

Satisfaction Trailer (1968)

01 January 1968

Four men, one woman and a cat in a room. The men drink and discuss. Things get a bit violent. The masochist acts out his desires by himself.

Back to Fucking Cambridge Trailer (1987)

15 November 1987

About a group of graduates from Cambridge University who go back to their college to visit a friend who has stayed on there.

8/64: Ana - Action Brus Trailer (1964)

01 December 1964

This three-minute film was far more akin to the American-style "happening" in that the content was not particularly extreme.

Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch Trailer (2005)

31 December 2005

A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship.

Psycho-motorische Geräuschaktion Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

Four young men affected by psychological motorcar reactions and effluents that get more excited, crazy and freaked out as times passes.

10/65: Self-Mutilation Trailer (1965)

01 April 1965

Kren’s 10/65 Selfmutilation is developed from a Gunter Brus “action”. What the film emphasizes is the surrealistic drama of symbolic self-destruction that Kren drew out of Brus’ action, pacing out each gesture so that one gets a tense, iconoclastic revelation of a man covered in white plaster lying surrounded by razor blades and a range of instruments looking as if they have been taken from an operating theatre.

16/67: September 20th Trailer (1967)

01 January 1967

A collage of many visuals. A man urinates; a man has a drink. A man defecates; someone eats a meal. 16/67 September 20: ‘The Eating Drinking Shitting Pissing Film'.

Zerreissprobe Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

He ended the period of creating works exclusively using the body as a medium with the “Zerreissprobe” (Breaking Test) in 1970.

Arnulf Rainer - Sternsucher Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A short documentary on Arnulf Rainer, famous for overpainting portraiture presenting the "face farce" concept.

27/71 On Peacock Isle Trailer (1971)

03 September 1971

Kren had composed a diary-like piece containing subtle irony with his 27/71 Auf der Pfaueninsel (On Peacock Isle).

Körperanalyse Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

In “Körperanalyse” (Body Analysis) in 1968, the artist (Günter Brus) urinated in front of an audience, cut his skin with a razor blade, and masturbated to the accompaniment of the Austrian national anthem.

Selbstbemalung Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

A performance in which Gunter Brus writhed on a floor covered in a viscous white paint. Though Brus did not harm himself, violence and damage are everywhere suggested the black painted line dividing his body seems to split him open, sludge-like paint covers his eyes and seeps into his mouth, and a corkscrew ominously points toward his face.

Wiener Spaziergang Trailer (1965)

05 July 1965

The first six images of Wiener Spaziergang (Viennese Stroll, 1965), for example, are ghoulishly amusing.

Amore - Aktion mit einem Masochisten Trailer (1968)

01 April 1968

An experimental and bizarre shooting of an association between the sexes.

Bodyanalysis / Actions 1964–1970 Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Introduces the films ‚Körperanalysen’ (body analyses), an overview of Actionism movies from 1964-1970 (a.

Mini Psycho-Drama Trailer (1970)

28 February 1970

The 2 minute artistic cut by Ed and Irm Sommer of the 10-minute material action by Günter Brus that he performed as a prelude to Hermann Nitsch’s ‘7th Abreaktionsspiel’.

The Films of Kurt Kren 1957-1995 Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

A collection of shorts by Kurt Kren. Some are based on performaces by Viennese Actionists such as Günter Brus and Otto Mühl.

10b/65: Silver – Action Brus Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

"Action" by Günter Brus. At first Kren did not want to show the film, because the image is underexposed.

Impudence in Grunewald Trailer (1969)

31 December 1969

A subversive and experimental film from Otmar Bauer and Günter Brus.

10c/65: Brus Wishes You a Merry Christmas Trailer (1965)

01 January 1965

A kind of home movie made in Brus' apartment. Brus' Christmas wishes can be seen on a poster which he painted and which he holds for a short time in front of the camera.

Psychodramulett Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

The 7 minute archival cut by Peter Gorsen of the 10-minute material action by Günter Brus that he performed as a prelude to Hermann Nitsch’s ‘7th Abreaktionsspiel’ on February 28, 1970, in Aktionsraum 1 in Munich.