Hermann Nitsch

Nitsch belongs beside Günter Brus, Otto Mühl and Rudolf Schwarzkogler to the most important main actors of Viennese Actionism. At the beginning of the sixties he carried out his first 'Actions' in Vienna, which involved several trials and three terms of imprisonment. His main work, the "Orgy Mystery Theatre", inspired by Greek mythology, as well as by Antonin Artaud or Sigmund Freud, has been introducing, building up and carrying on all art forms since this time. (kroethenhayn.de)

In 1974, Mekas married Hollis Melton. Their daughter, Oona, was born the same year. He made Paradise Not Yet Lost in 1979 with footage shot in 1977. The film is arranged in six chronologically-ordered parts, each filmed in a different location during Oona's third year. The film is constructed as a letter to Oona, "to serve her, some day, as a distant reminder of how the world around her looked during the third year of her life. (Mubi)

A two-part documentary series focusing on the physical extremes of modern art, from the mainstream's galleries to the private scenes of the body modification community.