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Living Treasures - Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Living Treasures - Friedensreich Hundertwasser
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Living Treasures - Friedensreich Hundertwasser
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In this documentary, Austrian/Kiwi artist and designer Friedensreich (Friedrich) Hundertwasser talks to Ian Fraser about his philosophies and ecological approach to painting and architecture. Hundertwasser fell in love with Northland, where he lived and worked for the last 30 years of his life. He is best-known for the koru flag, an alternative New Zealand flag resembling an uncurling fern frond — and his idiosyncratic redesign of a public toilet block in Kawakawa in 1999, which attracts thou...

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Date created
1990
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https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/living-treasures-friedensreich-hundertwasser-1990
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salt freighter / architecture / frederick hundertwasser / spiral / fern / nz flag / city life / cities / town planning / wellington / vienna / ww2 / regentag / nature / philosophy / storks / kawa kawa / valley of lost longings / rationalism / alternative lifestyles / trees / painting / austria / straight lines / grass roof / glass bottles / creek / row boat / friederich hundertwasser / world war ii / northland

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