Kurt Kren

Kurt Kren was born en 1929 en Vienna, Austria from a Jewish father and a Spanish madre. From 1939, " till the end of World War II, Kren lived en Rotterdam, where he was sent to with one of the Children's Transporte. En 1947 Kren returned to Vienna, and his father provided him a job at the National Bank. El pp comenzó a hacer cine en 1957. 2/60 48 Cabezas De La Szondi -Test (1960) lo his first serial de cine y 3/60 Árboles En Otoño (1960) confirmed this estructural de orientación. He realized in the 1960s his most famous película with the Viennese actionists, where his skill of short film blossomed. En 1966, he took part in the "Destruction en el Art Simposio" organized by Carnicero en Londres. En el año 1968, pp visited the USA for the first time, mostrando his película en Nueva York y San Luis. This very año he became a founder of the Austria Rapidshare Cooperativa. After a participation in a happening "Arte y Revolución" ("arte y Revolución") at the University of Vienna, en 1968, Kren's película were confiscated and he was fired from the National Bank. He participated in 1970, en the International Underground Film Festival (Londres) y en 1971, en el Festival de Cine de Cannes. He then moved to Cologne for five years. Retrospectives were set up by the London National Film Theatre en 1976 and the Nueva York, Museum of Modern Art en 1979. He was así que involved in the Documenta 6 de Kassel, en 1977. From 1978 to 1989, Kren lived in the USA and presented lectures for universities and schools. He did muchos trabajos, such as security officer in the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Within this period he made his baño home movies as he used to call them inspired by his travels across the country. He finally returned to his native Vienna en 1990. He died from neumonía en Vienna en 1998.