The name is Burroughs. Expanded Media (Opening)
Fri, March 23, 2012 7 pm CET, Opening
The exhibition “the name is BURROUGHS − Expanded Media” (March 24 – August 12, 2012) at the ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art presents for the first time in Germany the artistic, multimedia-based und varied work of the world-renowned author William S. Burroughs. It examines the manifold connections between literary and experimental-visual production and enhances the view additionally with the presentation of the “Collaborations” that Burroughs created in cooperation with other artists.
The exhibition’s aim is to make the visionary explosive nature of William S. Burrough’s literary work tangible in retrospective and to present him as a pioneer of media art, whose oeuvre includes experiments with audiotape, film and photography, as well as with paintings and collages.
The exhibition’s aim is to make the visionary explosive nature of William S. Burrough’s literary work tangible in retrospective and to present him as a pioneer of media art, whose oeuvre includes experiments with audiotape, film and photography, as well as with paintings and collages.
- Website
- www03.zkm.de/burroughs
- Credits
- Udo Breger (Curator)
- Axel Heil (Curator)
- Peter Weibel (Curator)
- James Grauerholz (Curator)
- Organization / Institution
- ZKM
Accompanying program
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- Fri, August 10, 2012
- Final Cut. The name is Burroughs
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Finissage
Vortragssaal
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- Fri, July 20, 20126 pm
- The Beat Hotel
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Fri, July 20, 20124 pm
- The Name is BURROUGHS. Guided tour with Axel Heil and Udo Breger
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst
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- Sun, March 25, 2012
- William S. Burroughs. A Man Within
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Film Screening
Vortragssaal
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- Fri, March 23, 20127 pm
- The name is Burroughs. Expanded Media (Opening)
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Opening
Foyer