Gerry Schum (b. 1938, Germany – d. 1973)
TV-Exhibition I / Land Art, 1987

Ludwig, Cologne, Germany / Visited 22/01/2020

I am not sure how successful this particular work is, I did not have patience (or even time) to watch it for more than a couple of minutes (it lasts 40 min). But I find it important as an example of interdisciplinary experimentation – both in terms of attempting to mediate land art via tv-medium, but also considering tv as a medium for exhibition.

This relates to my own experimentations of how to represent various materials – that are typically based on an idea, but gathered in form of notes, photos, recordings, objects, sketches etc – as a coherent work, and what becomes more or less perceptible or obscured by using one or another medium for sharing that same material with others.