www.padhi.tv
Fritz Kleibel’s filmic exhibit, titled padhi.tv shown at Wienstation Gürtelbogen 28 on June 2, 2007 consists of a series of short films from 2 to five minutes long. His subject matter is the Austrian object artist and photographer Padhi Frieberger. We see Padhi at various locations at work, washing pots, walking to a brook with a pail for water, opening and closing various doors, and so on. These are vignettes of the life of one of Austria’s great contemporary artists, if not the greatest, who has gone his own way in reflecting our society in plastic, wood, canvass, cardboard and what-have-you collages. Fritz and Padhi have much in common as artists. They can take pieces from here and there and put them together to form a composition in which all segments fit to make a whole.
Fritz calls this films TV-Streams, fragmentary Web-Movies and these in particular: Padhi-Casts. They are filmic short pieces, and each one tells a story that begins and ends with each cut, but yet continues to contribute to the entity of the whole film, which is a story in itself.
It is opportune that these artists have encountered each other to compliment each other. Padhi.tv has combined the essence of two very individual artists. It is a combination that is as unique as it is essential.
Herbert Kuhner
