Auteur Context. Tom Hall

Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham is what it considered to be an auteur. His work in collaboration with artists such as Aphex Twin, Bjork, Madonna and Placebo. His style is somewhat removed from normality - it encompasses a surreal or slightly odd environment whilst still using realist techniques to make it believeable.
Cunningham has had close ties to Warp Records since his first production for Autechre. His infamous video for Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" is perhaps his most well known. His video for Björk's "All Is Full of Love" won multiple awards, including an MTV music video award for Breakthrough Video and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. It can still be seen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His video for Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker" was nominated for the "Best Video" award at the Brit Awards 2000. He also directed Madonna's "Frozen" video. His video work, "flex", was first shown in 2000 at the Royal Academy of Arts, and subsequently at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery and other art galleries. Later, he released Monkey Drummer in the same set. In 2005 Cunningham released the short film Rubber Johnny as a DVD accompanied by his first book.