gewesen sein wird

This is a cinematic tour of the apartment of Viennese artist Heinz Frank (1939–2020) as conducted by his daughter Lilli Breuer-Guttmann. A creative polymath, Frank’s living space is a fascinating combination of two competing tendencies, the obsessive outsider and the rigid formalist. We see walls painted with faux wood-grain, stark surfaces that reveal hidden cabinets, elements wondrous and bizarre yet all defined by modularity and function. The space, which also served as Frank’s studio, is a three-dimensional extension of his strange artistic sensibility. The apartment, though threatened with demolition, is a personal, hidden museum, one Breuer-Guttmann hopes to protect. (Michael Sicinski)

In the presence of Sasha Pirker.

This film will be shown as part of the screening SHORT FILM PROGRAMME 4: IMAGINING LANGUAGES.