Gerry Schum
Year of birth, place
1938
Germany
Year of death, place
1973
Germany
Biography
| from 1958 | Medical student in Tübingen |
| 1961–1963 | Studies at the German Institute for Film and Television (DIFF) in Munich and organization of underground film festivals |
| 1964 | Move to Berlin |
| 1966-67 | Studies (camera) at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). Organizes political discussions on the position and function of the academy. Attempts to establish an »Art class.« Works as a cameraman |
| 1967 | Leaves the academy due to institutional restrictions. Realization of first films on art in collaboration, among others, with Hannah Weitemeier and Bernhard Höke. These include Schaustücke – Ereignisse (1967, SFB), a short documentary on an action by Bernhard Höke at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, and 6th Art Biennale San Marino 1967 (1967, WDR). |
| 1968 | Production of the television feature Konsumkunst – Kunstkonsum (1968, WDR); development of the concept of the »Television Gallery Berlin;« submission of an initial proposal to Sender Freies Berlin; beginning of collaboration with Ursula Wevers. |
| 1968–1969 | Production of the first television exhibition LAND ART |
| 1969 | Broadcast of LAND ART on the ARD First Channel; realization of further television interventions, including TV as a Fireplace (with Jan Dibbets) and Self Burial (with Keith Arnatt) Development of further projects, including the unrealized Artscapes In December 1969, Schum and Wevers move into the converted Mercedes van. |
| 1970 | Realization and broadcast of the second television exhibition IDENTIFICATIONS (Südwestfunk) |
| 1971 | Transition from 16 mm film production to video production; collaboration with Galerie Konrad Fischer in Düsseldorf |
| 1971–1973 | Founding and operation of the videogalerie schum in Düsseldorf together with Ursula Wevers; production and distribution of video editions as a new model between art production and distribution |
| 1972 | Concept for a video department at the Folkwang Museum, Essen |
| 1973 | Suicide |
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The collection was acquired in 2025 with support from the Cultural Foundation of the German States, the City of Karlsruhe, and the State of Baden-Württemberg, and has been cataloged in the ZKM archives ever since. Learn more about the Gerry Schum and Ursula Wevers Archive