Valie Export - Icon and Rebel (2015)
She is the godmother of performance art. With her shocking public actions she created in the late 60s images that have burned into the general visual memory until today. The life and work of the Austrian artist Valie Export exemplify a development in art history in which women sought and found new ways and means of expression. Her work provides a feminist counterpart to the Viennese actionism of her time, which has influenced numerous artists of subsequent generations. The innovative diversity of her artistic approaches makes Valie Export an icon of 20th century art history.
Director: Claudia Müller
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Valie Export as Herself |
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Marina Abramović as Herself |
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Carolee Schneemann as Herself |
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Kiki Smith as Herself |
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Ingrid Wiener as Herself |
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Oswald Wiener as Himself |
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Elfriede Jelinek as |
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Sami Loris as Narrator |
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Elfriede Jelinek as Reader |
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Maren Kroymann as |
| Directing | Claudia Müller | Director |
| Sound | Eva Jantschitsch | Music |
| Editing | Anette Fleming | Editor |
| Writing | Elfriede Jelinek | Writer |
| Writing | Claudia Müller | Writer |
| Camera | Christoph Lerch | Director of Photography |