PETER KUBELKA WHAT IS FILM ? 8-14 November 2001 45th Regus London Film Festival at the National Film Theatre 
1934 Born in Vienna 1952-54 Studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Darsteller Kunst, Vienna 1953 Becomes Austrian Junior Judo Champion 1954-56 Studies at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografie, Rome 1955 Film: Mosaik Im Vertrauen 1956 Kubelka-Fanclub founded by Jorgen Roos in Copenhagen 1957 Film: Adebar 1958 First draft design for The Invisible Cinema Film: Schwechater 1960 Film: Arnulf Rainer 1961 Shoots footage for Unsere Afrikareise in Sudan 1964 Co-founded the Österreichische Filmmuseum with Peter Konlechner 1966 First trip to America Film: Unsere Afrikareise 1967 Begins to formulate the treatise "Film Theory in Everyday Language" First lecture at Harvard University Wins judo competition in Brooklyn Incorporates the subject of cooking into his teaching 1968 Performs first public cooking event at SUNY Binghampton 1969 Jonas Mekas, Peter Kubelka, P. Adams Sitney, Jerome Hill and Stan Brakhage develop plans for a museum dedicated to the preservation, study and exhibition of film as an art form 1970 Anthology Film Archives opens in New York, including Kubelka's design of The Invisible Cinema 1972 Live TV broadcast "Eating The Universe" demonstrates his philosophies on cooking 1973 Restores Enthuziazm by Dziga Vertov 1976 Curator of "Une Histoire du Cinéma" at Centre Pompidou, Paris 1977 Film: Pause! Publication of "The Theory of Metrical Film" Lecture series "The Essence of Cinema" at Museum of Modern Art, New York 1978 Invited to start the film course at Staatlichen Kunsthochschule (Städelschule) in Frankfurt 1980 Becomes Professor of Film and Cooking at Städelschule Founder of the Spatium Musicum ensemble, first concerts in Europe and America Awarded the Großer Österreichischer Staatspreis for his life's work 1982 Publication of "Poulet Visuel" photo series 1983 "Concert and Entertainment for Animals and Humans" in Frankfurt 1984 Lectures on "Non-Industrial Film Non-Industrial Cooking" at the FIAF Congress, Vienna 1985 Publication of "Pasta Architecture for the Mouth" 1985-8 Principle of the Städelschule 1989 Organiser of "Film and the Other Arts" symposium at the Art Institute of Chicago Spatium Musicum perform at Carnegie Hall, New York New realisation of the Invisible Cinema at Österreichische Filmmuseum, Vienna "100 Years of Cinematic Thought" screenings and lectures in Vienna 1990 Publication of the book "Peter Kubelka" by Paris Experimental 1991 Teaching at Sommerakademie Salzburg 1992 First presentation of "The Edible Metaphor: Cooking as the Oldest Form of Art" 1995 3 months programme "Restauration nach Peter Kubelka" at Kunst.Halle.Krems Publication of the book "Peter Kubelka" by PVS Verlager, Vienna 1997 Leads a conference on the occasion of the exhibition "Art and Film Since 1945" in Rome 1998 "La Comparaison des Arts", a series of films, lectures and concerts for the Musée du Louvre, Paris 1999 Lectures on "Vision and Speed" at the FIAF Congress, Madrid Series of 12 lectures on the theme "What Is Film?" at Österreichische Filmmuseum, Vienna Retires from teaching at Städelschule to continue "de-specialisation" 2000 Presents 4 "Was ist Film?" lectures at Kunsthalle Basel
