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

Rejane Cantoni
Donald Joyce
Symphonie-Orchester und Chor des Hesischen Rundfunks
Werner Martienssen
Wang Xiaoshuai
Philipp Kehl
Jérôme Naulais
Itamar Shimshony
Robert Jelinek
Felip Prunonosa
Wolfgang M. Heckl
Klaus Stühlen
Eileen Stornebrink
Marie Laferrière
Charles Ames
Shahid Nadeem
Andreas Goerdeler
Reinhard Dassler
Derek Kreckler
Henri Kergomard
Uwe Gronostay
Antje von Graevenitz
Berto Lardera
Stefanie Fritz
Ganzeer
Robert Luczak
Rafal Bujnowski
Anna Anthropy
Atelier de musique contemporaine de la Faculté de Musique Université de Montréal
Eckhart Marggraf
David Bowlin
Helena Schmidt
Masima Akita
Ernest Bour
Barbara Eisenmann
Rémy Burkel
Yogurt Technologies
Folie
Clara Aciolo
Sara Keel
Franz Kaltenbeck
Michael Geidel
Fred Lonberg-Holm
Marc Monnet
Wädi Gysi
Roque Rivas
Nikolaj Fedorov
Orchestra della RAI di Roma
Matthias Kampmann
Ugo Mattei
Elisabeth Schweeger
Frank Hegel
Ricardo Iglesias
Frieder Burda
Susan Klein
Frank Stella
I. Larsky
Johanna Rupp
Little Nell
Armin Ranner
Lex Ishimoto
Terry Wilson
Rachel Baker
Siegrun Appelt
The Campiello Band
Ilona Keserü
Bela Bartók
Toshio Hosokawa
Allison Cameron
Markus Kutter
Józef Szajna
Heinz Otto Peitgen
Meltable Snaps It
Don Pardo
Massimo Kaufmann
Ballet Théâtre Contemporain
Ernst Hildebrand
Wen-Ying Tsai
Paul Carroll
Kurt Hentschläger
Leopold Duska-Koeltz
Grégory Darcy
Siegfried Cremer
Champ d'Action
Francis Lam
Johan Lorbeer
Yves Saint-Amant
Olga Kisseleva
The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath
Ariane Jeßulat
Hans Platzgumer
James Darling & Lesley Forwood
Marianne Schädler
Alice François
Anja Casser
Ute Wille
Sudan City Folk
Michael Laub
Daniel Young
Robin Thompson
Pietro Grossi
Lothar Fiedler
Weldon Irving
Karl Kraber
Terem-Quartett
Young Farmers Claim Future
Gertrud Koch
Wendy Chambers
Pat Steir
Carlos G. Hernández Canales
Klara Lidén
Christian Vind
Mark Boyle
Herman Taviani
Georg Löwisch
Herbert Müller
KRS-One
Antoni Pinent
Matthias Fitz
J. B. Floyd
Melian
Susanna Kraus
Audrée Juteau
Kapr Jan
May Fasnacht
Xavier Serra
Elio Bidinost
Rainer Michael Holzer
Martha Herr
Yuki Ohro
Jean-Baptiste Mathieu
Shellradio
Lydia Beiler
Russ Hartenberger
Yasuhiro Ohtani
Brigitte Balian
Sascha Verlan
Mary Henderson
Peter Faecke
Carbon
Jaime E. Oliver La Rosa
Atsutada Odaka
Glasperlenspiel
Mats Eser
Jorge Luis Marzo
Henry See
Kristjan Rhesmann
Jean-Christophe Feldhandler
Debbie Berg
Robert Schumann

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Contacts

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Image Requests
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