PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Jürgen Claus lives and works in Aachen, Germany. He studied theater, art history, and philosophy at LMU University in Munich, Germany. Claus was a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a professor of media art at the Academy of Media Arts (KHM) in Cologne, Germany. His work includes paintings, films, light, solar installations, and underwater art. He is also a prolific writer on art, whose theoretical works have sold over 100,000 copies.
Astronomers, like all humans, think a great deal about seas and oceans. There are waves in plasmas, in galaxies. The search for extraterrestrial life of our kind begins with the search for water and oceans. We haven't found many yet, and it will take millennia before Jurgen Claus will be able to build and live in harmony with our oceans, as reviewed in depth in this book. This book is an act of optimism that reviews the work of artists and architects internationally who have begun to design and build habitats or the future postdiluvian civilizations. A must-read as part of adapting to accelerating climate change. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Roger Malina, University of Dallas, Texas, USA The artist Jurgen Claus is considered to be one of the pioneers of media art. His greatest achievements include, not only the introduction of the issues of ecology to art, but also an extension of the field of artistic activity to the seas and oceans. His underwater happenings and exhibitions made (art) history. Frank-Thorsten Moll, Director, IKOB, Eupen, Belgium
