Chris Kraus (writer)
Chris Kraus (* 1955 in New York City ) is an American writer and filmmaker .
Life
Chris Kraus grew up in Connecticut and New Zealand . After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington , New Zealand, she worked as a journalist for five years before moving to New York. As part of the art scene, she created films, video art, and plays.
Her prose works include I Love Dick , Aliens & Anorexia and Torpor . Her first nonfiction book, Video Green, is about the Los Angeles art scene in the 1990s . Her films include Gravity & Grace, How To Shoot A Crime, and The Golden Bowl. Kraus lives in Los Angeles.
Awards
In 2008 she received the "Frank Jewett Mather Prize for Art Criticism" from the College Art Association.
Works
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I love dick . Semiotext (e), New York 1997.
- I love dick. Novel . Translation of Kevin Vennemann . Matthes & Seitz, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95757-364-3 .
- Aliens & anorexia . Semiotext (s), New York 2000.
- with Sylvere Lotringer: Hatred of Capitalism: A Semiotext (e) Reader . 2001.
- Video Green: Los Angeles Art and the Triumph of Nothingness . Semiotext (s), New York 2004.
- with Jan Tumlir; Jane McFadden: LA Artland: Contemporary Art from Los Angeles . Black Dog Publishing, 2005.
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Torpor . Semiotext (e), New York 2006.
- Torpor. Novel. German by Stephanie Wurster. b_books, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-942214-06-3 .
- Write me . Translation by Charlotte Brombach and Kevin Vennemann . SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-95566-000-0 .
literature
- Marie Schmidt : No cowboy as a man . Review. In: The time . January 26, 2017, p. 43.
Web links
- Chris Kraus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Chris Kraus at perlentaucher.de
- Interview with Chris Kraus for Cultural Icons series. Audio and video
- Appearance on This American Life (Episode 95: Monogamy)
- Chris Kraus ( Memento from June 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) - Semiotexts - Original website no longer available, link to WaybackMachine from June 15, 2010
- Interview with Michael Silverblatt (audio)
- New writing by Chris Kraus on RealitySandwich.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography: Chris Kraus , European Graduate School, Faculty, accessed on February 8, 2019
- ↑ Awards. The College Art Association, accessed May 30, 2011 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kraus, Chris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |