The lettering »Open Codes« in magenta against a background of code.

Open Codes

Living in Digital Worlds

Sat 20.10.2017
– Sun 06.01.2019
The picture shows a primeval forest through which a river meanders.

The Art of Immersion III

Inside Tumucumaque. Eine Virtual Reality Installation

Fri, 06.04.2018
– Sun, 27.05.2018
DIA-LOGOS – Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria

DIA-LOGOS

Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria

Sat, 17.03.2018
– Sun, 05.08.2018

Current Events

Face of a woman. The portrait, which looks like a painting, was created with the help of artificial intelligence.
Encoding Cultures: Living Amongst Intelligent Machines

Fri–Sat, 27.–28.04.2018
10.00 am–6.00 pm

Visitor in front of an installation consisting of nine TV screens
Exhibition Opening
Art in Motion. 100 Masterpieces with and through Media

Fri, 13.07.2018
7.00 pm

News

Portrait of Fabrizio Tamburini
Research
Artist in Residence Fabrizio Tamburini candidate for Nobel Prize?

Artist in Residence receives invitation... 

Red plaque with "Giga-Hertz-Award" in white letters
Open Call
Call for Entries Giga-Hertz-Award 2018

Submission Period:
15.03.2018 – 31.05.2018

»Open Codes« in Mumbai

15 works of the ZKM exhibition experiment »Open Codes. Living in digital worlds« will be on display at the Goethe-Institut Mumbai until June 2, 2018.

Learn more about the activities of ZKM in India and read in our magazine why an exhibition concept such as »Open Codes« can also be adapted for other cultural spaces!

 

Lettering »zkm goes india«
The ZKM among the top five of the world museums
to the current ranking
Algorave @ZKM
Performances
Algorave

Sat, 21.04.2018
8.00 pm

Postcard of the event: Kaan Bulak & Robert Lippok: Electronics & Augmented Piano
Concert
Kaan Bulak & Robert Lippok

Sat, 12.05.2018
8.00 pm

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We see a young woman in a dance-like pose. She is leaning on her right leg, that she has flexed. The other one is straight an in one line with her upper body.
Education & Mediation
Museum communication is interdisciplinary, cross-media and at best participatory!
program
  • Visitors of the opening of the exhibition series »Poetic Expansions«
    Formats
    Our formats, which return regularly, appeal to a wide range of interests.
  • A young woman is fotografing a man. He is posing for the picture and is feigning to crash into the wall while pushing a dolly.
    Offers
    A day at ZKM means immersion in an entire cosmos of analogue and digital worlds.

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Collection & Archives

The collection and the archives contain works and documents from the 20th and 21st century.

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.

overview collection & archives

 

Empty baby incubator on a rollable white table. Two white chairs standing at the table, in the background a projektion runs on the white wall.
Research & Production
The ZKM | Center for Art and Media is more than a museum. It is a place of research, technical development and artistic production.
introduction Research & Production

ZKM international

The ZKM puts on countless touring exhibitions all over the world. For many years, they have been organized in close collaboration with the Goethe-Institute. Innovative exhibition formats have been developed, generating enthusiasm worldwide. 

More about our international exhibitions

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