Alexander CurtisE-mail alexander.curtis@khm.at or curtisfilm@yahoo.de  |
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| 1964 |
born in Canterbury, Kent (UK) |
| 1972 - 78 |
pupil at Marlbrough House School, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| 1978 - 83 |
pupil at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire |
| 1983 - 84 |
maker of Bonchester Cheese at Easter Weens Enterprises, Hawick, Roxburghshire |
| 1984 - 86 |
student of sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art |
| 1986 - 88 |
self directed philosophy studies in Edinburgh |
| 1988 - 93 |
studies in Free Graphics and Film at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna |
| 1991 - 92 |
Foreign Students Scholarship from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna |
| 1992 - 93 |
Ministry of Arts, Education and Sport, Working Scholarship for film |
| 1993 |
graduation with the film “Opus 7” |
| 1993 - 95 |
lived in Vienna working on literary projects |
| 1995 - 98 |
lived in Scotland working on literary projects |
| 1988 |
return to Vienna, develpoment and construction of the Invicta 1 Refraction Camera |
| 1999 - 00 |
investigations in visual perception, hallucination, altered states and Palaeolithic culture |
| 2002 |
filming and post-production of the DVD Project “At the Rainbow’s Foot” |
| 2003 |
pressing of the DVD “At the Rainbow’s Foot” with a Venus of Willendorf Paper model for self assembly as an inlay |
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| 1986 - 89 |
diverse artists’ books made with college techniques; see: gangway #8 – Diana & Actaeon |
| 1989 - 92 |
five short films of between 2’ and 5’ in length, mainly
made with single-frame techniques, 16mm Arametrofie
(1989) |
| 1993 |
Opus 7 |
| 1994 |
completion of the novelle “The Englishman’s Travelling Library”, published as an e-book by gangan books australia; Englishman T.O.C. |
| 1998 |
completion of the novel, “Bacchus: Autobiography of a Demi-god”, published by gangan books australia; Bacchus T.O.C. |
| 1998 |
“A Songline in the Libyian Desert”, a 400 line poem tracing King Solomon’s journey through the Libyian Desert as he searches for Sheba |
| 2002 |
“At the Rainbow’s Foot”, 9'20", DVD Pal |
| 2007 |
together with Maja Vukoje, “Sahar – The Awakening”,
13 min., 35mm. www.alexandercurtis.info |
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© 1998-2006 Alexander Curtis and gangan books australia, Sydney & Vienna