A Documentary from Barbara B. Peter about the photo artists Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger

A House for Lars – A journey with Cortis & Sonderegger (2025)

Documentary for TV and Cinema 52' / 66' 
In coproduction with SRF 
Produced by TILT Production (CH), Producer Kaspar Winkler

Synopsis

The two Swiss photographers Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger recreate iconic images from international photographic history. They then photograph these artistic models together with the tools and materials used to create them. Cortis & Sonderegger have also inspired Tómas Gislason and Jacob Thuesen with their work. The two Danish filmmakers are currently working on a film about and with Lars von Trier. For this film, they have hired the two Swiss photo artists to build models of film sets. A HOUSE FOR LARS shows Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger in the studio and accompanies them on a journey to Copenhagen and accompanies them on a trip to Copenhagen to visit Tómas, Jacob and Lars.

With

Adrian Sonderegger

Jojakim Cortis

Ulrike Meyer Stump

Tomas Gislason

Jacob Thuesen

El paisatge massacrat per la fotografia, EL PAIS, 2022

Die Fotografen des Monats: Cortis & Sonderegger, C/O Vienna, 2020

Take another look, NEW YORK TIMES, 2019

Double Take, NZZ FOTO TABLEAU, 2018

Double Take, The EYE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 2018

Diese Künstler stellen bekannte Fotos in Miniatur nach, VICE, 2018

Art duo create 3D miniatures of historic events, CNN, 2017

Ikonen: History’s Classic Images, Re-created in the Studio, LENS CULTURE, 2016

Geschichtsmodell, Foto Magazin, 2016

La storia miniatura, INTERNATIONALE IT, 2016

LightBox, TIME, 2015

History`s Most Iconic Photos, WIRED, 2015

Dans la fabrigue du siècle, M - LE MONDE, 2014

Gemeinsam stark, PHOTO NEWS, 2013