SKIN DEEP
Solo Exhibition of Jonas Blume
Jonas Blume, Yes. (Double David), 2022, installation, two Dibond color prints behind acrylic glass, 80 x 180 cm
Curated by Tina Sauerlaender (peer to space)
At SCOPE BLN, Lübecker Str. 43, 10559 Berlin
April 29 – May 27, 2022
Friday, April 29, 6 – 22 pm: Opening
Skin defines the boundaries of our physical bodies and constitutes the interface for interaction with the world. Artist Jonas Blume uses his skin as medium to reflect on the relationship between reality and image worlds. In his works, skin appears in a liminal state oscillating between flat surface texture and three-dimensional volume, as a membrane between physical state and mediated hyperreality. Based on photographs, Jonas Blume transfers his skin to a variety of mediums and materials to create an enhanced human physicality. In his images, videos, sculptures, and installations he distorts, extends, rearranges, and liquifies his appearance. Blume’s works herald the new age of body consciousness transforming bodies into consumable images. Skin becomes a political canvas because it constitutes the inalienable individual capital that everyone may maximally exploit to generate visibility within the attention economy.
Accompanying Program:
Thursday, May 5, 17:30 - 19:30h: Opening Hours - Artist and curator are present
Afterwards 20 - 22h: LIGHT YEAR 85 screening >> Urban Algorithms - videos by Dennis Rudolph, Daniel Molnar, Jung Soo Cho, Vasilena Gankovska and Anne Glassner, curated by Boris Kostadinov
Monday, May 9, 6 pm CEST (online, in English): Artist Talk of Jonas Blume with Dr. Stephan Schwingeler, professor for Media Studies at HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, author of the book Kunstwerk Computerspiel – Digitale Spiele als künstlerisches Material (transcript, 2014) - (Registration by email via tina@peertospace.eu)
Sunday, May 15, 14 - 16h: Opening Hours - Artist and curator are present
Friday May 20, 18h: Curator’s Tour and Artist Talk with Jonas Blume and Tina Sauerlaender
Friday, May, 27, 16 – 20 h: Finissage