Christof Wackernagel

Born in Ulm, Germany in 1951, went to school in Munich

As of 1967 he was a member of the Stuttgart-based media commune „ production community for text, sound and image“ which aimed at connecting the social revolutionary political currents of those times with the subcultural artistic sense of a unity of co-existence and political movement. Amoung others, the commune published Wilhelm Reich, the „living theatre“, as well as unknown artists. Furthermore members of the commune formed a band, produced Super 8 and video movies, the latest of which was „Vietnam War has not ended in the FRG“.

Christof Wackernagel was the main actor in the movie „Tattoo“ (1967) and other films. Later he was on the cast for ongoing series and TV productions.

Member of the Red Army Faction in 1977, arrested in Amsterdam in 1980 and sentenced to fifteen years in prison in Düsseldorf.

As of 1987 he lived in Bochum working as an author, inventor of hieroglyphics and actor.
In 1999 he initiated the cultural caravan project »Qafilat as-Salam«.

He lived in Bamako, Mali from 2003 till 2013.

He returned to Germany in 2013Born in Ulm, Germany in 1951, went to school in Munich.Portrait

As of 1967 he was a member of the Stuttgart-based media com...

by life

2016 Town Hall, Maintal, Germany
2005 National Museum Bamako, Mali
2002 RWE Plus Solar-Energy-Forum, Essen, Germany
2001 Institute for Media and Arts, Lage-Hörste, Germany
1999 Land Surveying Office, Munich, Germany
1999 Gustav-Streseman-Haus, Hamburg, Germany
1998 Goethe Institute Damaskus, Syria
1998 Galerie Andreas Bastian, Munich, Germany