Johann Lurf

In his films Johann Lurf often explores very particular places. In RECONNAISSANCE this is an area in the USA surrounding the spectacular ruin of a dam that was used up until the 1990s as a military test range for torpedoes. In contrast, Picture Perfect Pyramid is concerned with a piece of architecture close to Vienna in which events are held – a glass pyramid which because of its artificiality reminds one of Las Vegas. Using a sophisticated process of recording Lurf inspects the terrain and, at the same time, evokes the power of these images. In his newest film, EMBARGO, he deals with the Austrian armaments industry or, more accurately, the visibility of this sector. The position of the filmmaker in relation to the subject can be deduced from the title. For the first time there will be a soundtrack composed for EMBARGO which was produced by Jung an Tagen.

Film Program

Johann Lurf,

Picture Perfect Pyramid, 2013, 5 min

RECONNAISSANCE, 2012, 5 min

EMBARGO, 2014, 10 min – premiere

Followed by a conversation with Johann Lurf

Johann Lurf lives in Vienna. Exhibitions/Festivals (selection): Ecstatic Perception, 25 FPS, Zagreb (2014); Das Rohe und das Gekochte, Viennale, Vienna (2013); Not Here, Not Now, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems (2010).