蓋瑞‧蘇姆 Gerry Schum - Interview Documenta 1972, 11:25mins

簡介/Synopsis

這是1972年在錄影藝術商蓋瑞‧蘇姆去世前一年的訪談，在訪談中談到了錄影藝術的樂觀前景，以及市場化即將到來的可能性。他比較「視頻」和「畫布」這兩種媒介，並解釋說，如繪畫一樣，視頻也允許對創作出的東西迅速地進行控制處理。對於他來說，錄影不是一種紀錄的技術，而是一種獨立的藝術形式。他提到像林克和呂科林這些與他合作過的藝術家，但這兩個人在蘇姆去世之後便不再從事錄像藝術了。
這恰恰證明了，蘇姆在德國扮演著怎樣一種孤寂的角色，而他也許只是比較早做出了正確的預言。

In this interview from 1972, one year before he died, the video gallery founder Gerry Schum, talks optimistically about video art and future possibilities for marketing it. He compares the medium of the “video system” to that of canvas, stating that video permits an immediate control over what one creates equalling that of painting. For him, video isn’t a technology of documentation, but rather an artform. He mentions artists such as Rinke and Rückriem, with whom he collaborated, but who turned away from the medium of video after Schum’s death.
It is just this that makes clear how much of a solitary role Schum played in Germany and how he had perhaps the right message – only before his time.