Christopher COGAN

(1968- )
Nationality: american

CHRISTOPHER COGAN-

CREATING ANOTHER WORLD:
Christopher COGAN has been making films for nearly two decades in a style that could be termed "wrong theater". The films portray strange, sometimes disturbing actions, performed by characters without voices or identity. The viewer is presented visions from a parallel reality, that "do not make sense" in conventional terms.
In an increasingly impatient society that rapidly consumes images, these films create media indigestion. The obscure actions of Cogan's films evade the incessant media machine, and offer ideas that are unappealing to the mindless consumer. The films also stand as a protest to the eradication of mystery that we are witnessing in the 21st century.

WORKING WITH THE IDEA :
Improvisation on the original idea creates spontaneous energy throughout the production. Welcoming chance and embracing "accidents" are key elements. Some themes are fear, humor, control of society, and culture shock. Part of the challenge is to follow through with the idea, no matter how ridiculous it may seem.

THE GHOST OF FILM:
Why continue to create 16mm films? Cinema, as we know it, is dead. Culture has an insatiable addiction to the "latest" technology, which for all intents and purposes, has killed film. Projecting a 16mm film in a dark room imitates a kind of spectral presence, that technology can only attempt to imitate.

2 MOVIES IN DISTRIBUTION

	ELECTREAT 1996/2007 / 16 mm / n&b / sonore / 6 min.
	LAVA 1996/2002/2007 / 16 mm / coul / sonore / 3 min. 30