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

The Motor Totemist Guild
Roy Colmer
Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble
Feifei Zhou
William Day
N. A. Demtschinski
Yvar Mikashoff
Gina Emerson
Benjamin Boretz
Walter Seyfarth
Violette Coata
Urs Kiënder
Bob Marley
Chiharu Shiota
Charlie Chaplin
François Rouan
Susan Duncan-Smith
Actipedia
Jan Boerman
Klaus Böhlmann
Philippe Arthuys
Francesc Torres
Christian Stein
Sarah Koester
Ellen Band
Geraldino
Uta Brandes
Ursula Bogner
Albert Tétard
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Mario Ballocco
Atelier der Gebrüder Rudnew
Christian Rosset
Michel Fischer
Patricia F. Druck
Andrea Mammitzsch
Cjoriún Aharonián
Peter Richardson
Carla Henius
Ross Curran
Cem Sentürk
Ma Oingyun
Eduard Ovčáček
Lucia Recio
Firmino Lorenco Junior
Jörn Müller-Quade
Alain Floris
Drem Bruinsma
Rudolf Kelterborn
Laurie Spiegel
Angela Zumpe
Karl Kraus
Petr Rezek
New York Company
Donato Ricci
Benoît Maubrey
Siegfried Thiele
Kazue Ikeda
Valentin Clastrier
Cornelia Büschbell
Bass Breche
Falk aka Hawkeye
Les Messieurs der Dompteures
Eylül Şenses
Rolf-Gunter Dienst
Natsuko Kiritani
Alan Dunning
Pierre Vasseur
Gianni Toti
Timbila
Christian Lölkes
Kathrin Lösch
Francesc Pujols
J. F. Jenny Clark
Gil Jouanard
Manfred Neuwirth
Rolf Disch
Dunja Vejzović
Leopoldo Siano
Werner Künzel
Craig Hammond
Walid Ra’ad
Patricia Pisters
Henrik Brahe
Y. Yamaguchi
Bernhard Rath
Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay
Hans Gál
Plinio Turin
Gun Gordillo
Andreas Hiepko
Trevor Pearce
Sylwia Zytynska
Françoise Meesen
Erik Sturm
Karsten Gaulke
Echtzeit GmbH
Harrie Starreveld
Andreas Kohlbecker
Jaroslav Kysela
Paul-Armand Gette
Jerzy Bereś
Sabrina Isaac-Fütterer
Van McElwee
Steffen Krämer
Maisae Alabdallah-Sörensen
Jill Magid
Ferdinand Keller
Cyril Tuschi
Sophie-Charlotte Thieroff
Jakob Rendtorff-Goebbels
Pril Smiley
Florian Schröder
Toby Patterson
Francesco Mariotti
Romolo Grano
Gudrun Inboden
Mattia Moreni
Therese Keßler
Simon Stockhausen
Askar Brickman
Claus Köppinger
Jey Malaiperuman
Dieter Weller
Werner Hofmann
Würzburger Percussions-Quartett
Johannes Wagner
Christopher Coenen
Erwin M. Schmidt
Symphonie-Orchester Baden-Baden
Moskauer Alichanova
Matthias Hoffmann-Kuhnt
Klaus Bertagnolli
Brett Baker
Senja Post
Rosa Barba
George Lewis
Roger Doyle
Walther Bensemann
Guido Lukoschek
Com&Com
Raoul Bunschoten
Peter Dicke
Arne Mellnäs
Penny Slinger
Richard Paul Lohse
François-Bernard Mâche
Cor Fuhler
Laurence Clapier
Luciano Berio

ZKM | Karlsruhe
Wissen – Collections, Archives and Research

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76135 Karlsruhe ​
Germany

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E-Mail: wissen@zkm.de 

Contacts

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Image Requests
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