David Kramer
Directing
Biography
David Kramer is an American visual and video artist, born in New York City. A child of the 1970s, David Kramer pulls from that formative decade, re-crafting its lifestyle advertisements and distinctive interior design into paintings, drawings, installations, and videos both nostalgic and ironic. His compositions resemble the advertisements that, as he claims (with the tongue-in-cheek humor that shapes his output), modeled his future.
Known For
David Kramer plays actor and director of a spoof on Jackie Gleason’s TV Show, the Honeymooners.
Method Acting
While working as a house painter in New York City for some of the giants of the art world, David Kramer uses his coffee breaks to riff on past jobs for other giants from the art world.
Job Site: Popular Guy and Other Stories
A visit to Williamsburg studio, while the whole block seems to be under construction, it's foreshadowing that there will the high value of the real estate, the Williamsburg studio is probably soon to be a thing of the past.
Welcome to Paradise
Two friends aspiring for greatness in the art world when luck intervenes. Kramer pays homage to Chaplin and Keaton in this black and white silent.
Age Old Story
Channeling the Gary Cooper/Patricia Neel version of Ayn Rand‘s Fountainhead, David Kramer tells the story of his accidental “big break” in the art world.
Million Dollar Moment
A how-to guide to discover the joys of hook rugging. Hook rugging for fun, therapy, and mindfulness. A thoughtful demonstration of the mental health benefits and joy that only hook rugging can provide.
Hooking Up with Dave
In the fall of 2001 just a month and a half after the 9/11 attack on New York, David Kramer's studio suffers a devastating gas explosion. Kramer tries to find the significance of these two national tragedies.
Asshole
The artworld through the prism of the NBA. Coach Kramer channels Jeff Van Gundy.
Coach
24-hour surveillance film of the Empire State Building (an homage to Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas) but shot at 10-second intervals, and set to Furtwängler‘s version Ode to Joy.
Empire
Martin calls his family who lives in the United States. He has not seen his parents in over a year. Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, he has been in Canada. In this documentary, Martin explores isolation, pain, memories, and the importance of family through photomontage.
Family Photos
David Kramer sings a song from the musical, Cabaret, in front of a green screen.
Tomorrow Belongs to Me
David Kramer moves artwork with a van to a storage unit in Pennsylvania.
The Horse's Mouth
David Kramer builds a dance floor alter to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
Get On The Dance Floor
A karaoke video for the song Rhinestone Cowboy by Glenn Campbell.