Dragan Espenschied

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Dragan Espenschied, aka drx

Born	1975, Munich Stuttgart, Germany
Nationality	German
Field	8 bit music, internet art
Training	Merz Akademie Stuttgart
Works	Bodenständig 2000, Assoziations-Blaster, insert_coin, Gravity, Freedom Phone, Zombie & Mummy, Frozen Niki
Awards	Internet-Literaturpreis 1999 BW, Internationaler Medienkunstpreis 2004 by ZKM Karlsruhe, Webby Award 2003

Dragan Espenschied (born 1975) is a 8-bit musician and media artist who lives and works in Stuttgart / Germany. He studied communication design at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart. Dragan started to develop software for Atari computers in 1991.

In 1995 he founded the 8-bit band "Bodenständig 2000" together with Bernd Kirsch. They got signed on the label Rephlex in London, and started touring throughout Europe and the USA.

Together with media activist Alvar Freude he worked on projects like "Freedom Phone", "Omni-Cleaner", "Assoziations-Blaster" and "insert_coin".

In 2003 he started working with the net.art pioneer Olia Lialina. Their most famous works are "Zombie and Mummy", "Online Newspapers", "Frozen Niki", "With Elements Of Web 2.0" and "Midnight".