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

Edwin Mkize
Chinary Ung
Nina Rind
Liz Hughes
Christian Wolz
Earl brown
Christof Zöllig
Arditti-String-Quartet London
E. Ersowskij
Zhou Hongxian
Martin Lemke
David Held
Hilde Weeg
Claude Ballif
Chikako Nakayama
Arthur Freed
Kash Killion
Elizabeth Edwards
Everyday Rebellion
Berlin Radio-Symphonie-Orchester
Werner Ahrens
Corrado Canonici
Armin Zweite
Anna Elkins
Antje Schiffers
Chromos Saxophone Quartet
Alberto Meda
Peter Gerwin Hoffmann
Giovanni di Stefano
Petra Maitz
iAS interActive Systems GmbH
Dror Feilero
Brian House
Joe Miletzki
Dagmar Birke
Tessa Theisen
Caitilin de Bérigny
Gerhard Scherer
Henry Lai
Tsuyoshi Ozawa
UDK Berlin
Buster Keaton
Tim Morrison
Joël Dicker
Quintet of the Americas
Yun Seck Lee
Didier Gazelle
Sid Vicious
Hélèna Villovitch
Larry Sider
Joshua Simon
Red White
Giancarlo Zen
Monika Lichtenfeld
Lothar Quinte
Maurizio Cattelan
Eberhardt Eyser
Nadia Reisenberg
Frex
Nira Pereg
Friederike Mayröcker
Bernd Leukert
Gwendal Creurer
Georg Elben
Bohdan Mościcki
Diederik Aten
Leonid Trauberg
Emilia Kuoppamäki
Rolling Stones
Karlheinz Bux
Herbert Morrison
Kinshi Tsuruta
Sofia Asunción Claro
Thomas Caron-Lepage
Lukas Croon
C. Jackson
Marina Loshak
Elisabeth Lenk
Helge Leiberg
R. Israelian
Tiziano Manca
Olivier Hijmans
Hasko Weber
Sergio Prego
CEP - Central Europe Performance
Yulu Wang
Blast Theory
Titarubi
Bohuslav Martinu
Marianne Bruder
Megan Snowe
Thomas Eggerer
Henri Matisse
Uwe Ziegenhagen
Zale Kessler
Eugene Tan
Ngoc Thanh Le
Elisa Minth
Janine Sack
Jörg Birkenkötter
Diane DiPrima
Hugh Davies
Utah Symphony Orchestra
William Mullen
The Hair Cafe
Dickie Landry
Ricardo Iglesias
Comelia Gockel
Patrick Valiquet
Norbert Möslang
Vitaly Komar
Martin Widyanata
Andy Giddings
Wolfgang Fietkau
Jan Verwoert
Mirai Moriyama
Suzanne Vermeyen
Pia Matthes
Sinfonietta Riga
Brunhild Meyer-Ferrari
Daniel Neumann
Sebastian Baden
Karl Boehm
Ralph Scaglione
The Mystic Lab
Ernst Kállai
Alfred Nemeczek
Ammer & Console
Simon Diener
Rex Benincasa
Susie Ramsay
Georg Schalla
Chris Wong Won
Hans Coray
Luis Tercero Espinoza
​​​Dirk Fox
Dechong Lin
Volker Morawe
Guy Klucevsek
Nicolaus Richter de Vroie
Hélène Guenin
Nicolas Bardey
Éva T. Bortnyik
Renate Lorenz
Elgar Howarth
Matthieu Carrière
Jochen Wulf
L. Lee
Thomas Langhoff
Gabriele Arruzzo

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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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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