Christoph Draeger

[5] In his artistic practice, Draeger relies mainly on installation, photography and video, in which he uses both archival and self-made footage.

As Draeger's interests revolve around media-saturated culture and people's struggle with disasters, most of his works focus on catastrophes and media representations of tragic events.

It was one of the first events of this kind in which media had such profound impact on the situation; the terrorists planned their next steps on the basis of information they had heard on the television.

Draeger's installation also includes excerpts from the authentic TV coverage, set in a reconstructed hotel room where the events occurred.

The thing that struck Draeger the most in the original film was its monotonous narration in Hungarian, which he decided to subtitle with George W. Bush's second term inaugural address.

By relating the presidential speech to the Cold War discourse, the artist emphasizes the durability of the American ideological project, positing a special role of the United States and a necessity for its hegemony.

Draeger and Holzfeind say about this project: "We were interested in how the flood of aid money has transformed the affected regions, rebuilt and refashioned local economies and shaped communities.