The exhibition BLACK FLAGS presents three selected works on the motif of the black flag. We cordially invite you to the opening.
These works are part of the exhibition: The installation »Black Flags« (2014) by US choreographer William Forsythe, in which two industrial robots with black flags perform a complex and contrapuntal choreography, the immersive photo and sound installation »Black Flag« (2015) by Spanish conceptual and performance artist Santiago Sierra, which documents the raising of the black flag as an iconic symbol of the anarchist movement at the geographic North and South Poles, and the video »Ombre indigène, part 2, Martinique« (2014) by Brussels-based artist Edith Dekyndt, which shows a flag made of black hair.
The motif of the black flag, which can be read in many ways, both aesthetically and politically, encourages a change of perspective and challenges us to take a fresh look at the unifying elements in the face of the many challenges of the present that divide our society.
Program
Welcome
Alistair Hudson, Scientific-Artistic Director, ZKM | Karlsruhe
Greetings
Dr. Claudia Rose, Head of the Art Department, Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Albert Käuflein, Mayor, City of Karlsruhe
Introduction
Philipp Ziegler, Curator
Margit Rosen, Curator
Performance
FO SHO, BLCK SQR
Opening hours
The exhibition rooms and the mint bar in the ZKM foyer are open from 7:45 pm to 11:00 pm.
Admission is free. Registration is not required.
Curator & artist guided tour
Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 11:30 am
Accompanying program
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- Fri, July 05, 20244.30 pm
- Under the Black Flag: Aesthetics of The Flag
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Talk
Lichthof 8+9
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- Fri, July 12, 20244.30 pm
- Under the Black Flag: The Cultural Significance of Hair
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Talk
Lichthof 8+9
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- Sun, July 14, 20243 pm
- Feldenkrais mit William Forsythes Black Flags
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Workshop
Lichthof 8+9
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- Fri, July 19, 20244.30 pm
- Under the Black Flag: Robots in Everyday Life
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Talk
Lichthof 8+9
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- Fri, July 26, 20244 pm
- Under the Black Flag: About Édouard Glissant
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Talk
Lichthof 8+9
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- Fri, September 13, 20244.30 pm
- Under the Black Flag: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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Talk
Lichthof 8+9
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- Fri, September 27, 20244.30 pm
- Under the Black Flag: The protest movement of Iranian women against the headscarf
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Talk
Lichthof 8+9
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- Sat, June 22, 20242 pm
- Reflections
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Guided Tour
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien
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- Sat, June 22, 202411.30 am
- Guided Tour with the Curators through the Exhibition »Black Flags«
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Guided Tour
Lichthof 8+9
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- Fri, June 21, 20247 pm
- Opening: BLACK FLAGS
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Opening
Foyer
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- Fri, June 21, 20247 pm
- Under the Black Flag: Talks & Gatherings
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Talk
Lichthof 8+9