Kurt Mitterndorfer

Kurt Mitterndorfer (born February 24, 1951 in Linz ) is an Austrian pedagogue, author and cabaret artist.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1969, he studied sociology at the University of Linz and from 1972 worked as an educator at the Voest-Alpine apprentice home in Linz. In 1977 he broke off his studies and began training as a youth worker, and in 1980 he studied at the Pedagogical Academy in Linz. In 1983 he became a secondary school teacher for German and handicrafts. In 1972 Mitterndorfer founded a photo club for artistic photography, in 1973 a theater group in the VA apprentice home: “Apprentice Theater”, later as an independent theater group “Our Theater”, one of the most successful impromptu theaters in Austria at the time. 1979–1983 he was involved in the band project “Flying Penis Brothers” (a “political punk rock cabaret”); 1981–1983 at the “Linzer Rockhaus”, today's Posthof . From 1973 he also submitted literary texts.

Works

• with Robert Mittringer: Just the two of us. Provincial Library , Weitra 1992, ISBN 978-3-900878-83-2
• with Anatol Ak: In the dead of night, in the brightest light. Provincial Library, Weitra 1993, ISBN 3-900878-51-X .
• My Greece. Resistance-Verlag, Linz 1999, ISBN 3-85285-032-0
• Silent night from paths. (Audio CD) Hooch Records 1999; (Book) Resistenz-Verlag, Linz 2000, ISBN 3-85285-049-5 .
• Already perverted? Resistance-Verlag, Linz 2003, ISBN 3-85285-104-1 .
• Venice Polaroids. Resistance-Verlag, Linz 2007, ISBN 978-3-85285-161-7 .
• with Arnulf Kossak: Heads: Texts for Images. Arovell Verlag , Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-902547-12-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Kurt Mitterndorfer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Kurt Mitterndorfer's website
• Kurt Mitterndorfer on BSA: Art Upper Austria
• Kurt Mitterndorfer & Andi Sagmeister: "Because of Silent Night" , Ö1 Leporello , December 7th, 2016