Ed Sommer

Super obscure experimental short film. Very raw and primitive, it features a great soundtrack made of amazing psychedelic abstract electronic music (the song is “I Of IV” by electronic music pioneer Pauline Oliveros), which is probably what makes this short some kind of mesmerizing experience

The 2 minute artistic cut by Ed and Irm Sommer of the 10-minute material action by Günter Brus that he performed as a prelude to Hermann Nitsch’s ‘7th Abreaktionsspiel’. Günter Brus, dressed in women’s underwear, cries out, puts his feet into a bucket full of some liquid, writes on the floor with chalk and scarifies his upper legs.

The 7 minute archival cut by Peter Gorsen of the 10-minute material action by Günter Brus that he performed as a prelude to Hermann Nitsch’s ‘7th Abreaktionsspiel’ on February 28, 1970, in Aktionsraum 1 in Munich. Günter Brus, dressed in women’s underwear, cries out, puts his feet into a bucket full of some liquid, writes on the floor with chalk and scarifies his upper legs.