Der Fernseher als Galerie. Das Archiv Gerry Schum und Ursula Wevers

In the organizer's words:

We cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition "The television as a gallery. The Gerry Schum and Ursula Wevers Archive" on May 29 at 7 pm.

In April 1969, works of art from the international avant-garde appeared in an unexpected place: on the television screens of German living rooms. The filmmaker Gerry Schum and the art historian Ursula Wevers had transformed television into an exhibition space for art. With the Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum and the later videogalerie schum, they were among the first to attempt to establish television and video as artistic media.

The exhibition tells the story of this now legendary project. Using the extensive archive material that Ursula Wevers has preserved for over 50 years, she not only shows film and video works, but also original 16 mm films and video tapes, historical video technology as well as correspondence, production documents, photographs, printed matter and certificates.

Click here for the detailed exhibition announcement: The television as a gallery. The archive of Gerry Schum and Ursula Wevers.