Film... School of Seeing I, Adria - Holiday films 1954-68 - Gustav Deutsch, 1990

The subjects of this analysis are the beginnings of Austria hobby and amateur film creation, restricted to holiday movies from the Adriatic Sea. The footage was analyzed according to set focal points then dissected according to serial aspects and edited into new sequences. These sequences liberated from their individual isolation, thematically and formally restructured and unified in a sequence reflect the general situation, which was shared by many. This general situation reflects upon two aspects. One is the first active involvement with film as a medium - in front of and behind the camera - and the other aspect highlights social restructurings such as the first holiday abroad and organizing one’s leisure time. Therefore the private depiction of an individual situation becomes a document of a general situation. The footage was provided by the families: Brunner-Szabo, Falkner, Fuchs, Gratzer, Halla, Holzinger, Krebs, Schipek, Stahl.