Christoph Draeger

Christoph Draeger

Nascimento : , Zürich, Switzerland

História

Christoph Draeger, born 1965 in Zurich, is an internationally known conceptual artist who lives in New York and Vienna. In 1996/7, he moved from Brussels to New York for a one year-scholarship at P.S.1′s International Studio Program. Draeger’s projects take form in installation, video, and photo-based media to explore issues pertaining to disaster and media-saturated culture. His work has been exhibited with galleries and institutions world-wide

Perfil

Christoph Draeger

Filmes

Storage War Loot
Director
Roebling Hall Gallery closed due to bankruptcy in November 2008. Draeger's was their last show ever in their Chelsea space. At his advice, the dealer rented a storage unit at Storage Mart to store the unsold stock. Draeger asked if he could store a few items with the dealer: a huge tripod, a few Sotheby frames and a recent sculpture that he had hammered from a NYC parking sign. Four years later, Draeger received a call from the producers of Storage Wars, asking permission to feature his work in the show. Storage Mart auctions off any possessions from a unit that remains unpaid for three months. All Draeger's objects and many of his friends' artworks changed owner. The sculpture, which the new owner Joe P. calls a "crazy installation", has never been seen again.
Schizo (Redux)
Director
In this film, Swiss artist Christoph Draeger layers Gus Van Sant’s “Psycho” remake and Alfred Hitchcock’s original version completely over one another.
Black September
Director
A low budget dramatization of 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis combining appropriated footage and re-enactments.
Black September
Editor
A low budget dramatization of 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis combining appropriated footage and re-enactments.
Black September
Terrorist
A low budget dramatization of 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis combining appropriated footage and re-enactments.
The Last News
Director
Newscaster Guy Smith hosts "MSNBC 24 Disaster Watch & Survival News Channel, reporting on a seemingly endless montage of disasters and terrorist attacks cobbled together from movie footage, all the while attempting to assure the spectator that the U.S. will be victorious against all opposers. As the world devolves into chaos, Smith increasingly loses control and himself, and the broadcast begins to consume him in glitches and static.