Unsere Afrikareise

AT 1966, 16mm, 13 min, OV

Although Peter Kubelka's tendency towards subversion was known, a party of tourists commissioned him to document their safari in Africa. Kubelka worked for five years on the fantastically precise image and sound montage of 'Unsere Afrikareise'. The film exposes his host as a self-important, witless and cruel intruders, while the African tribe members and the native fauna are in contrast depicted with clear sympathy. In Kubelka's words, each moment is a 'synchronous event', orginating from the clash of disparate images and sounds that were recorded during the safari.