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

The Super Heroine Wonder Woman looks at herself for the first time in the mirror after her transformation.

 

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

 

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

PEOPLE

Studierende der Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
Robert Lippok
Tommy Emmanuel
Willi Geiselmann
Farfa
Olaf Nicolai
Janice Deledalle-Rhodes
Ciro Longobardi
Robin Klengel
K Nikitin
Fine Young Cannibals
Kurt Schwertsik
Volker Peckhaus
Daniel Irrgang
Patrick Sutardjo
Uli Deck
Thomas Walter
Frederik Hahn (Torch)
Claudia de Serpa Soares
James Holland
David Medalla
FFD8
Paul Bowles
Hong Sang Enoch Cheung
Mikhail Larinov
Marja-Leena Varpio
Mike Cooper
Natalia Stachon
John Clark
Brent Lee
Michael Oesterle
P&P PAWELZYK & PFEIFFER
Oliver Ressler
David Maljković
Susanne Schatral
Roger Glover
Tom McGrath
Joseph Julian
Vlad Pascanu
Robert Hooke
Kinderchor Radio Budapest
Sabine Ercklentz
György Buzsáki
Nile Rodgers
Gediminas Baravykas
Alice Hutchins
Gamelan Son of Lion
Nina Attal
Matylda Krzykowski
Luise Wiesenmüller
John Eatton
Scott Horscroft
Love Enström
Philippe Parreno
Dariusz Krzeczek
Barbara Körber
Nieuw Ensemble Amsterdam
Karl Schicker
Pinar Yoldas
Silvia Fricker
Pál Erdös
Kurt Seywald jun.
Etienne Haan
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Marilyn Manson
ZERO
Litsa Kiousi
D. Acker
Peter Schneider
Caroline Y. Robertson-Wensauer
Andreas Löffler
Jean Prouvé
David Hudson
Gottfrid Gräsbeck
Harald Atmanspacher
Pixelgarten
Stefan Wolpe
Rainer Maria Rilke
Georges Perec
Robert Marty
Detlev Fischer
Jean Minondo
Vassos Nicolaou
Doug Katsaros
Uwe Wirth
Christian Bruhn
Witold Żukowski
Ulrike Rosenbach
Desmond Dacres
Soojung Yi
David Miller
Alireza Maschayeki
Alejandra Crescentino
Nikolaj Fedorov
Andrew Dawes
John Connell
Shannon Jackson
Seonghoon Park
Onur Eroglu
Tom Lamberty
Hans Jörg Mettler
Gundula Schulze Eldowy
Ana Gomez-Carrillo
Erwin Steller
Phil Morton
Hecker & Haswell
Percussion Group from The Hague
Ninel Çam
Ahora
Yari Stilo
Steven Subotnick
Sigune von Osten
Mirosław Bałka
Jochen Lempert
Johannes Schütt
Olivier Menini
Alice Lex-Nerlinger
Soft Invasions
El Lissitzky
Sibylle Bergemann
Zelfira Tregulowa
Melanie Lehmann
Daniel Chernov
Petra Epperlein
Ashley Hunt
Margret Eicher
Julia Herzog
Gunter Rambow
KIT | Institut für Biologische Grenzflächen 1
Alvar Freude
Petra Ganglbauer
Chor und Orchester von Radio-Canada Montréal
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Joris Ivens
Robert Luczak
Umbro Apollonio
State Symphony Orchestra Of Georgia
Collin Walcott
Andrea Getto
Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Gillian Wearing
John McGuire
Oscar Hammerstein II
Dries D'Hondt
Kian Goh Kok
Seymour Millais Stone
Pablo Beltrán
Wolf-Dietrich Wirbach
Friedrich Pfeffer
Richie O’Halloran

ZKM | Karlsruhe
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Germany

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Contacts

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ZKM | Archives
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Image Requests
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