Alexander Curtis

E-mail curtisfilm@yahoo.de

born in Canterbury, Kent (UK)

pupil at Marlbrough House School, Hawkhurst, Kent

pupil at Rossall School, Fleetwood, Lancashire

maker of Bonchester Cheese at Easter Weens Enterprises, Hawick, Roxburghshire

student of sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art

self directed philosophy studies in Edinburgh

studies in Free Graphics and Film at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna

Foreign Students Scholarship from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna

Ministry of Arts, Education and Sport, Working Scholarship for film

graduation with the film “Opus 7”

lived in Vienna working on literary projects

lived in Scotland working on literary projects

return to Vienna, development and construction of the Invicta 1 Refraction Camera

investigations in visual perception, hallucination, altered states and Palaeolithic culture

filming and post-production of the DVD Project “At the Rainbow’s Foot”

pressing of the DVD “At the Rainbow’s Foot” with a Venus of Willendorf Paper model for self assembly as an inlay

diverse artists’ books made with college techniques; see: Gangan Lit-Mag #8 – Diana & Actaeon

five short films of between 2’ and 5’ in length, mainly made with single-frame techniques, 16mm Arametrofie (1989) , Opus No. 2 (1989) , Phi der Goldene Schnitt (1990) , Arametrofie Revisited (1991) and In the Wake (1992)

Opus 7 , a 4’ film mixing live-action and animation, 16mm

completion of the novelle “The Englishman’s Travelling Library”, published by gangan books australia;

completion of the novel, “Bacchus: Autobiography of a Demi-god”, published by gangan books australia;

“A Songline in the Libyian Desert”, a 400 line poem tracing King Solomon’s journey through the Libyian Desert as he searches for Sheba

“At the Rainbow’s Foot”, 9'20", DVD Pal

together with Maja Vukoje, “Sahar – The Awakening”, 13 min., 35mm. www.alexandercurtis.info

Each link to a film points to the Austrian Independent Film and Video Database .