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

Nike Wagner
Kreplin und Duwensee Architekten
Pepe Buitrago
Norbert J. Schneider
Grete Reichardt
Gertrud Arndt
Artinate
Opera Sacra of Buffalo Orchestra
Daniel Camargo
Theodore Roszak
Armin Krohne
Claudia Lichtblau
Aoi Kita
Newman Guttman
Quatuor de saxophones de Montreal
Sabine Hirtes
Rytis Mažulis
Kevin MacLeod
Klaus Eder
Carl-Christian Buhr
Axel Wiczorke
Michael F. Gnesin
Christopher Wickenden
Jean-Michel Dejasmin
Ignazio Tola
Joan Ponç Bonet
Suzi Ersahin
Dave Douglas
Sabine Klötzer
Ali Gharib
Marlies Giesen
DJ Shahrokh
Marilyn Manson
Markus Hofbauer
D. Level
R. Erwin
Vera Bódy
Noemi Smolik
Kai Mitschele
Patrick Bahners
McApe
Marc James Léger
Mieko Shiomi
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Caleb Wood
Dorothea Condé
Beatriz Colomina
Thierry Lancino
Peter St. John
G. Pogosian
Alexandra Rogovska
Andreas Schellenberg
Bouchra Khalili
Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou, L’Africaine d’architecture
Taco Kooistra
Volker Ridderbusch
Liesbeth Steffens
Lukas Ott
Shoko Hikage
Andreas Goerdeler
Bige Örer
Uli Deck
SO youth
Gisela Claudius
Hassan Hakmoun
Neil Funk
Bernard Philippe
Charles Ess
Henrik Albrecht
Andreas Lo-A-Njoe
René Herbst
Aigerim Seilova
Opening Performance Orchestra
Tobias Hübel
Günter-Ulrich Tolkiehn
Ernst Kállai
Alexander Rühl
Seppo Gründler
Adrian Notz
Ángela Bonadies & Juan José Olavarría
Nina Sobell
Ensemble de Saxophones de Lyon
Egon Schrick
Harry Lachner
Sergio Mekler
Gábor Bódy
Claudia Gehrig
Morio Taneda
Piotr Tomczyk
Gregory Chaitin
Agnes Meyer-Brandis
Friederike Bernhardt
Christoph Köhler
Halil Kekilli
Hore
Giulio Bertola
Melvin Gibbs
Uma Guha
Michael Rüth
John Rahn
Gérard Deschamps
Victor Ledbetter
Bettina Gradinger
Michael Obert
VOCEM electric voice theatre
trio basso
Michael Wech
Juan A. Romero
Sun-Young Park
Jacqueline Delman
Francis Lam
Michael Preßer
David Syrus
Tôn-Thât Tiêt
Teresa Hoskyns
Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
Eric Rohmer
Yashas Shetty
Vivienne Spiteri
François Wunschel
Andrew Perchuk
Jean-Louis Boissier
Axel Grote
Transportation Design
Linn Schröder
Miyako Asano
Silvia Knüppel
Krisztián Frey
Renate Heyne
Dominic Wright
Monica Gomis
Lukas Poncet
Jörg Reimann
Reza Vali
Hayden Chisholm
Steffen Griesinger
Ivan Novak
Elke Buhr
Theo Botschuijver
Bruno Munari
Stefan Troschka
Uwe Steiner
Danail Draganov
Sibel Öztürk
Konrad Mader
Zhou Hongxiang
Ageliki Gouvi
Paweł Wocial
Jessica Higgins
Dominik Born

ZKM | Karlsruhe
Wissen – Collections, Archives and Research

Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe ​
Germany

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E-Mail: wissen@zkm.de 

Contacts

ZKM | Collections
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ZKM | Archives
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ZKM | Library
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Image Requests
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