Claus flower

Claus Blume (* 1958 ) is a German media artist, director and author.

Blume studied fine art at the HBK Braunschweig (film and video, 1980–1986) and was a master student at Büttenbender. He has been a freelance TV director and writer since 1992. He lives in Bavaria and Lower Saxony.

His best-known works include the videos Kniespiel I - III , in which video material from Bavarian folk dance groups is used to create a rapid cut-up based on sound .

Artistic works / projects (selection)

Videos

• Eclipse 1984
• borderline 1984
• touch screen 1986
• Pictomotion 1986
• Knee play I - III 1988–1989
• one, two, three, four 1992
• Who was Claus Blume 1995
• REMIX 1998
• The Art of Sports 1998
• je suis de tout mon coeur 2005/2006
• Salzburg souvenir 2006

Video installation

• Video game 1 1984
• touch screen installation 1986
• Homage á IB 1992
• media symbol 1995
• ensemble 5 2000

performance

• 365 - performance day after day 1987
• The Prospectors 1987
• Under cover 1987
• Under Cover II 1988
• The Perfect Narcissus 2006
• Is that the king? 2006

Web projects

• The Lederhosen Museum 1997
• videoart 1998

Exhibitions

• 2012: Art in the Tunnel (Düsseldorf): Group exhibition Pictures against the Dark. Video art from the imai archive at KIT

Web links

• Lederhosen Museum