Günter Brus, Zereissprobe (Breaking Test), 1970

Videotape, in black plastic box. Sticker on tape states: Günter Brus 'Zereisprobe' 1979, 15 min. The video was included in the 1976 exhibition 'Wiener Aktionisten' at De Appel Amsterdam curated by Wies Smals.

On December 8, 1976 several films were shown from P.A.P. Kunstagentur, Munich amongst others this registration of the performance at Aktionsraum A1 Munich, camera Werner Schulz and Otto Mühl. Zereissprobe (Breaking Test) was the final action in Brus' series of extreme self-mutilations. He cut the back of his head with a razor blade and beat himself to exhaustion in front of the public.