Monster!

Monsters are a rare species in avant-garde film, whereas in commercial cinema they are standard archetypal characters. As part of the programme, two recent computer-based works by Rainer Kohlberger and Klaus Schuster will be combined with older works that reveal very different approaches to the subject. Kohlberger's brilliant science fiction is based on an experimental narrative. Photo artist Schuster sends horror clowns through an absurd 3D world. Mara Mattuschka slips into the role of a monster herself, while Billy Roisz and Dieter Kovacic have produced a completely abstract horror film. In an early work for young people, Virgil Widrich lets a monster wander through Salzburg. (np)

Programme and introduction: Norbert Pfaffenbichler, guest curator