ZerreissprobeMovie
He ended the period of creating works exclusively using the body as a medium with the “Zerreissprobe” (Breaking Test) in 1970. His 43rd Aktion was the last and at the same time the most radical of his analyses of self-painting and self-mutilation. In it, Günter Brus actually carried out the injury that had previously often only been intimated by cutting along the back of his head with the razor blade in front of the public. Physical pain was thus not only suggested or acted out by the artist but actually experienced.
About Zerreissprobe
Zerreissprobe is a 1970 movie directed by Hans-Christof Stenzel.
The production information lists a runtime of 12m, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Günter Brus. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
