With Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave, Nina Hagen, Dieter Meier,

Campino, Kazuo Ohno, Lene Lovich, Anne Tismer,Helena Stemm, Sogho Ishii, Rattenjenny…

Music: Einstürzende Neubauten, Abwärts, Mozart, Bach,Beethoven, YELLO, ToteHosen, Schubert, BirthdayParty...Locations: Berlin, NewYork, London, Marrakech, Cairo,Hamburg, Tokyo, Ganges, Himalaya

cultfilm, freely based Candide/Voltaire (1988, 86min, 35mm,16mm, Beta)

The father of BUTOHdance, his family, friends, animals,

Ko Murobushii+Urara, Tomiko Takai, specialguests:Jonas Mekas, Blixa Bargeld, Tanya Khabarova…

Music: Schubert »Die Winterreise«, Nick Cave+theBadSeeds, Schumann, Verdi, Bach, YELLO ...Locations:Yokohama, New York, Vienna, Hamburg …

Kazuo Ohno (1991, 100min, 35mm, 16mm, Beta)

1. DANDY

2. JUST VISITING THIS PLANET

with many friends: f.ex. Kenneth Anger, Yoko Ono, Andy

Warhol, PeterBeard, AllenGinsberg, Paul Morrissey, Nick Z.,Scorsese, P.A.Sitney, Nick Cave, Blixa, Al Pacino, Pedro,Adolfas, LeoLetas, Kembra, Kiki …Music: KatrinAchinger+The Flightcrew, NickCave+The Badseeds, Neubauten,TinyTim, Lithuanian Folksongs… Locations: NewYork, SaoPaulo, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna…

Locations: Andalucia, Cairo, India, Japan…

Jonas Mekas (1994, 98min,16mm, digibeta)

3. JONAS IN THE DESERTnew work with Kazuo, born 1906, still dancing,

his Son Yoshito and Tanya Khabarova, Ko Murobushi+Urara, friends&animals …Kazuo: »I am old horse with young heart.Do the impossible. BeFree.«

Music: Schubert, Verdi, classical&underground ...

8.

9.

10.

KAZUO OHNO: I DANCE INTO THE LIGHT

Knives Of The Wind – Cuchillos Del Viento

Matilde Coral, El Pele, Soraya Clavijo, Andrés Marin, Cynthia Cano, Dieter Meier, Maria Serrano, Diego Moron,J.C. Lerida, J. Polvillo, Manuela Reyes, Maria Bermudez &Co, Music Ensemble of Benares, Elena Vico, Rafael Trenas …

Music: Alegria to Martinete, YELLO, Einstürzende NeubautenAsmus Tietchens, Oriol Rosell, Wust El Balad Band …

FLAMENCO MI VIDA

with her family+friends: f.ex. GeorgeClinton, Blixa Bargeld,

AnthonyKiedis, JonasMekas, Thomas D., Angelyne, Lemmy ...

Music: 20songs by Nina, also Neubauten, AsmusTietchens,Tulip, dieSingendeTulpe, Jetzmann/Liquidski, NickCave+TheBadSeeds, Lou Reed, FMEinheit, …Locations: L.A., Berlin, Paris, Hamburg, N.Y., India…

(1999, 90min, 16mm, Digibeta)

5. NINA HAGEN–PUNK+GLORY

with PhilCampbell,MikkeyDee, and SlimJim, Brian May,

Corey(NashvillePussy), NinaC.Alice, Doro, Girlschool

Music: slow songs like: »Lost In The Ozone« + »1916«, »Orgasmatron«, ... as well as fastclassics:»Overkill«, »Ace Of Spades«, »Born To Raise Hell«...Locations: L.A.(at the »Rainbow«, SunsetBlvd., at home...),Hamburg(Docks), Berlin, Holland, Belgium, London…

singer+bassplayer of Motörhead (2002, 100min, digibeta, new version 2006)7.

6.

LEMMY

Allen talks about avantgarde and sings

»September On Jessore Road« (from his book »The Fallof America«) with his harmonium at home in N.Y.Allen: »Don´t Hide The Madness. Be Free!«

4.ALLEN GINSBERG:HUSTLER FOR LIFE

(1998, 16min,16mm, beta)

(2004, 60min, Digibeta)

A R T & M U S I C F I L M S B Y P E T E R S E M P E L

Die Ameise der Kunst

Jonathan Meese, Daniel Richter, Herbert Volkmann, Beza,Bazon Brock, Blixa Bargeld, Neo Rauch, Andreas Golder,Jonas Burgert, Dieter Meier, Georg Baselitz, Zoyt, Raha,Harald Falckenberg, Shilpa Gupta, M. Conrads, St. Marx …

Robert Frank, Ginsberg, Nam June Paik, Phil Glass, La Monte Young,Adolfas, Algis, Nick Cave, Merce Cunningham, Wim W., Zoe Lund, Peter Beard, Raimund Abraham, Blixa Bargeld, Cows & Horses, Ziz

Music: Lithuanian Folksongs, Einstürzende Neubauten …Loc.: N.Y., Paris, Torino, Mainz, Brazil, Anthology Film Archives

Music: Peter Broetzmann, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mania D.Schubert, Antony & The Johnsons, Abwärts, Mozart, Doro,Goldene Zitronen, Spooky Tooth, YELLO, Scooter, Verdi …

ANIMALS OF ART

JONAS AT THE OCEAN

(2007, 96min, 35mm, Digibeta)

(2010, 94 min, Digibeta)

(2002, 94 min, 16mm, Digibeta)