Martin Arnold was born in 1959 in Vienna, he studied psychology and art history at the University of Vienna and after that he used to teach at several American universities. He was a co-founder of the Austrian distribution company Sixpack Film. He has become famous especially for his work with so called found footage and fragments of classical Hollywood genre films, in which he reveals unthought images that are normally hidden, thanks to additional editing. Arnold changes e.g. shots of family idyl into a fighting scene, uncovers erotic subtext or hidden sources of aggression.

O.T. – 1 (1985), O.T.- 2 (1986), pièce touchée (1989), passage à l'acte (1993), Jesus Walking on Screen (trailer for a film series, 1993), Kunstraum Remise (trailer for a film series, 1994), Brain Again (trailer for a film series, 1994), Don't - Der Österreichfilm (commissioned for the 100 years of Cinema celebrations in Vienna, 1996), Viennale Spot 1997 (trailer for the Vienna Film Festival, 1997), Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998), Forsaken (installation, 2002), Dissociated (installation, 2002), Deanimated (2002), Jeanne Marie Renée (installation, 2003), Silent Winds (installation, 2005), Cloudy Insulin (installation, 2007), Coverversion (installation, 2007)

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