Tribute Mara Mattuschka  

The tribute dedicated to the filmmaker Mara Mattuschka marks one of the high points of the festival. It is a presentation and recognition in concentrated form – and a total of four programmes – of her multilayered work, starting with her anarchic, wildly comical 16mm films from the 1980s and 1990s in which Mattuschka's alter ego “Mimi Minus” captivates us with great physical exertion and visual presence. It progresses to her latest video works, which were created in collaboration with the dancer and choreographer Chris Haring and in which she found surprising filmic translations for the dance works. Mattuschka's and Haring's latest
film Burning Palace is being given its world premiere during the Diagonale.
In a Workshop (Saturday 21st March, Forum Stadtpark: 11.00 am) Mara Mattuschka will introduce her reference points, as well as her own experimental approach and in this way give an insight into her artistic work.


Mara Mattuschka
Born in 1959 in Sofia, Bulgaria
1975 “Goldener Zirkel für höhere Mathematik”. From 1976 in Vienna. 1977 “General Certificate for Education of the University of London”. 1977-83 Studied Ethnology and Linguistics at Vienna University. 1990 graduated from University of Applied Arts (painting and animation, master class Maria Lassnig). Various exhibitions of oil painting, performances and recitals. 1991 Grant from the Federal Ministry for Teaching and Art in Prague. 1994 Professor of “Free Art” at the University of the Visual Arts in Braunschweig. Member of the Austria
Filmmakers Coop and member of the board for the ASIFA Austria.

Wednesday, 18th March, 6.30 pm, augartenkino kiz Programme 1 (approx.72 min)

Plasma (AT 2004, colour, 11 min)
NabelFabel (AT 1984, colour, 4 min)
Der Schöne, die Biest (AT/DE 1993, b/w, 10 min)
Kaiser Schnitt (AT 1987, b/w, 4 min)
Running Sushi (with Chris Haring, AT 2008, colour, 28 min)
Comeback (with Chris Haring, AT 2005, b/w, 14 min)

Thursday, 19th March, 1.30 pm, augartenkino kiz
Programme 2 (approx. 73 min)

Kugelkopf (AT 1985, b/w, 6 min)
Parasympathica (AT 1986, b/w, 5 min)
Legal Errorist (with Chris Haring, AT/DE 2005, b/w, 15 min)
ID (AT 2003, colour, 3 min)
Cerolax II (AT 1985, b/w, 3 min)
Part Time Heroes (AT 2007, colour, 33 min)

Friday, 20th March, 4.00 pm, augartenkino kiz
Programme 3 (approx. 104 min)

Königin der Nacht (AT 2006, colour, 1 min)
Der Einzug des Rokoko ins Inselreich der Huzzis (with Andreas Karner, AT 1989, b/w, 103
min)

Saturday, 21st March, 6.30 pm, augartenkino kiz
Programme 4 (approx. 69 min)

S.O.S. Extraterrestria (AT/DE 1993, b/w, 10 min)
Unternehmen Arschmaschine (AT 1997, b/w, 17 min)
Les Miserables (AT 1987, b/w, 2 min)
Der Untergang der Titania (AT 1985, b/w, 4 min)
Es hat mich sehr gefreut (AT 1987, b/w, 2 min)
Burning Palace (with Chris Haring, AT 2009, colour, 32 min)