Collections & Archives

The collection and the archives contain works and documents from the 20th and 21st centuries. The special feature of the ZKM's collection activities is its focus on the electronic arts.

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The collection and the archives contain works and documents from the 20th and 21st centuries. The special feature of the ZKM's collection activities is its focus on the electronic arts. 

The video art collection is one of the largest in Europe and the computer art collection is the largest of its kind in the world. In addition, there is an extensive collection of works of electronic music.

By combining all artistic genres in one collection - from painting, sculpture, video art, performance and computer-based works to music - and the availability of numerous documents that provide a deeper insight into historical events, it becomes possible to gain a diverse perspective on 20th and 21st century art and history.

Art of the 20th and 21st century

Collection
Discover about 9,000 works of art of the 20th and 21st centuries from the ZKM collection, which was founded in 1989.

ARCHIVES

Under archives you will find the acquired archives of artists and scientists and the ZKM archive of past exhibitions, events and projects.

LIBRARY

The library contains about 60,000 books and digital data carriers. To this end, around 120 magazines and five newspapers are subscribed to.

Medien Kunst Netz

»Media Art Net« is a digital publication that invites you to discover the history of media art. »Media Art Net« is used worldwide by students and teachers for study and further education.

www.medienkunstnetz.de

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PROJECTS
A Summary of the Projects of the Department Wissen and its Divisions Collection, Archives, Library and Research

 

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DIGITAL PROGRAM
A summary of the digital programs of the Department Wissen and its Collection, Archives, Library, and Research sections.

PEOPLE

Norbert Kroó
Umber Majeed
Katia Guedes
Michael Oesterle
Frank Madlener
Marc Dusseiller
Nate Alex
Micah Silver
Vaisima Hopoate
Paul Aguraiuja
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
The Troggs
Bent Sørensen
Auto Italia South East
Yoshihiko Todaka
Bob Holman
Gerhard Eckel
Vortex
Denis Dufour
Andy Koch
Hajo Rose
Akwasi Bediako Afrane
Frank Schmidt
Gerd Stern
Claudia Lichtblau
Heike Helfert
Valerian Maly
Peter Epstein
Christine Nagel
Eberhard Umbach
Bernd Feuchtner
Boubacar Sidibe
Anna Maria Friman
Wilfried Prantner
Geert Lovink
Agnes Cameron
José Luis Jover
Erling Wold
Jaap Spek
Raymond Federman
Saeed Hosseini
Benjamin Stone
Barbara Hendricks
Barbara Ebersol
Matthias Mohr
Nora Sdun
Liat Himmelheber
Ignacio Sáez
Claude Ballif
Trance Mission
Harry Lachner
Ami Clarke
Barbara Vanderlinden
Stefano Caldana
Nina Stuhldreher
Gary Kulesha
Misko Baranja
Alfred Budd
Scanners
Nikolaj Schultz
Belmin Söylemez
Franz Alt
Reem Abdullah
Nicola Raffone
Enrico Ille
Akira Rabelais
Bela Bartók
Kazue Nakamura
Patrice Féraud
Virgis Puodziunas
Jolene Fraider
Martin Kohlstedt
William Christy
Hisham Almannai
Suzanne Anker
Superflex
Günther Petzold
Michael Backes
Ulla Ashika Haug
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
Roger Woodward
Luc Bériot
Chuck Close
Armando Plebe
Simon Whetham
Lorenzo Bianda
Jeanne Landry
Jarmila Čihánková
Raqs Media Collective
Kevin Atherton
Elisabeth Henrichs
Raimund Abraham
Ringo Starr
Jürgen Stollhans
Youngjung Kim
Christian Sievers
Jascha Viehstädt
Luigi Serafini
Alfredo Catalani
Rudie Berkhout
Norbert Kebekus
Vedic Sound
Arlindo Machado
Alexandru Patatics
Gonzalo Frasca
Heinz Schneeberger
Julian Voss-Andreae
Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten
Dumb Type Theater
Sinja Ožbolt
Nina Fernandez
Nicolas Turvey
Chalres Mingus
Shing-Kwei Tzeng
Rosa Menkman
Gérard Dessales
Kunstkanal
Hermann Scherchen
Andrés Hernández Alba
Ulf Grahn
Franz Roh
Wolfgang Kriener
Nora Claus
Traditional
Kilian Ochs
intelligent.museum
Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold
Joan Brassil
Shakuntala Kulkarni
The Liquidators
Klaus Buhlert
English National Opera
Lester Young
Nibera (Bernarda Conič)
Ferdinand Morton
John Minkowsky
Larry Shields
Bob Hewitt
Uma Guha
Janek Schaeler
Martina Doll
Olaf Metzel
Manos Hadjidakis
Ulrich Beck
Christopher Balme
Newbold Wells
Gero Pflaum
Helmut Striffler
James Piekarski
Ilja Kabakov

ZKM | Karlsruhe
Wissen – Collections, Archives and Research

Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe ​
Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 721/8100-2008
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E-Mail: wissen@zkm.de 

Contacts

ZKM | Collections
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E-Mail: collections-and-archives@zkm.de

ZKM | Archives
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ZKM | Library
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Image Requests
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