Movies: A. Hans Scheirl

Test images Amusement park, searchlight, precise displacements THE ROLLING FIELD: simulation of the open-air cinema, flying object on the runway Projection onto concrete objects, "disturbed colors" Construction site H-Gate: The H-PROFILE and THE...

Two nude, female-presenting figures perform a minimal waltz to Strauss’s “The Blue Danube” on a stage resembling a variety show set. Their repetitive movements are simple: arm to hip, slight hip swing, step forward and back. Behind them, a painted bl...

These shorts, executed between 1984 and 1986 in Vienna, exude an amazingly fresh intimacy and vitality. Referred to by the filmmakers as "home movies", they record actionistic performances in the directors' own living quarters, with added soundtracks...

Scheirl’s body, with brightly painted genitals and harshly lit face, is portrayed in fragments by the camera; Pürrer is also naked. Scheirl is then shown wearing a pink dress with a floral pattern. She lifts it up and pees while standing, before clim...

The film is made up of sequences filmed from the television screen, such as advertisements and excerpts from the show “Aktenzeichen XY” (“File No. XY”) and shots of Pürrer and Scheirl. Pürrer poses with metal objects that she balances on her head or ...