Open House 2013

In keeping with tradition, the ZKM | Karlsruhe will also be opening its gates in 2013 on epiphany, 6 January! Visitors are cordially invited from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. to glance behind the scenes of an exciting program. With free admission to all museums, as well as to events and guided tours, young and old have the opportunity to participate in a range of actions. Whoever wishes to explore the ZKM for himself should be sure not to miss the legendary museum’s rally.
Whoever wishes to take a closer look should participate in the special tours through the concealed corners of the ZKM | Karlsruhe that otherwise remain closed. Among others, the path leads to the press department, the studio of the Laboratory for Antiquated Video Systems as well as to the music studio of the Institute for Music and Acoustics.

The thematic emphasis of the open day 2013 is placed on the installation “resonate”. With concerts and workshops all about functionality, the exhibition of the fascinating light and sound installation can be seen for the last time. This year, a further highpoint will be “Das Logbuch der Gisela [The log book of Gisela]” by Pia Matthes: an over-sized pop-up picture book with a pirate story. The little visitors may also design their own pop-up cards in a workshop. The IMA | Kid’s Concert at the Cube is also designed for a younger public. The presentation “40+4 Art is Not Enough! Not enough!” in the ZKM Panorama Laboratory provides an initial glance into the up-and-coming large-scale video exhibition “Move on Asia. Video art from Asia 2002 to 2012” in the Media Museum.

The ZKM | Karlsruhe looks forward to numerous interested visitors, and to the curious looks during the exploration through the ZKM.

Program

Events

10.30 a.m.

ima | kids no.6 “Königsgeschenke [royal gifts]”
Concert with music pieces from Junya Oikawa and others
for children aged 6 years and older
Cube

11.30 a.m. / 3 p.m.

“Das Logbuch der Gisela − Eine skurrile Piratengeschichte [The log book of Gisela – An absurd pirate story]"
Performance with the artist Pia Matthes
for children aged 10 years and adults
Media Lounge, 2nd floor

12 a.m. / 2/ 4 p.m.
“Fabrika” − Film screening of the German-Turkish TV magazine of the
Institute for Media, Education and Economics
Lecture Hall, 1st floor

12.30 p.m.

Artists talk about the exhibition The Hirsch-Index. “The Art of Quotation”
with Andreas Kaufmann (artist) and Dr. Andreas Beitin (Director of the ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art)
For adults
ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, 3rd floor in the exhibition

2.30 p.m.
IMA | Concert »Sound-Highlights 2012«
with Ludger Brümmer, Director of the Institute for Music and Acoustics (IMA)
for young persons and adults
Cube, 2nd floor

4.30 p.m.
Artists talk about the exhibition ARTandPRESS. Art. Truth. Reality.
with Olaf Metzel (artist) and Dr. Andreas Beitin (Director of the ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art)
for adults
ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art, 2nd floor in the exhibition

4.30 p.m.
KLANG_BAU_STELLE_ZKM [SOUND_ROAD_WORKS]
Concert with Peter Kiefer (Mainz), Kasper König (Zurich) and guests of the sound expedition
Foyer, 1st floor

5 P.M.
»Lügen wie gedruckt? Wahrheit und Wirklichkeit in den Medien [Lying so-and-so? Truth and Reality in the media]«
Panel discussion with Olaf Metzel (artist), Michael Hübl (art critic),
Prof. Dr. Magnus Sriet (Theologian)
Moderation: Dr. Albert Käuflein (Director of the Roncalli-Forum), Dr. Andreas Beitin (Director of the ZKM | Museum of Contemporary Art)
for adults
Media Theater, 1st floor

Guided Tours

From 10.15 a.m.
Half an hour’s guided tours through the exhibitions at the ZKM,
among others guided tours for kids and in French.
Meeting point: tour stand at the Foyer, 1st floor.

10−17.30 Uhr

Museum rally for children, youth and adults through the ZKM | Museums
Meeting point: Rally Stand at the Foyer, 1st floor

Behind the scenes

Guided tours through the Library, the Department Press and Marketing, as well as through the Laboratory for Antiquated Video Systems, the Music Studios of the Institute for Music and Acoustics and the Cube.

Workshops

11 a.m.−5 p.m.
"60 Meter Makulatur − Ein Zeitungsworkshop zur Poesie der Bildunterschrift [60 meters wastepaper − A newspaper workshop about the poetry of captions]"
for adults
Atrium 3 and 4 of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe [University of Arts and Design] (HfG)

"Aufgeklappt − Pop-up-Kärtchen gestalten [Opend – Designing pop up-cards]"

for children aged 5 years and adults
Music Balcony

"Punkt, Strich, easytrick [dot, dash, easy trick]"
for children, youth and adults
Media Studio, 2nd floor

"KLANG_BAU_STELLE_ZKM [SOUND_ROAD_WORKS_ZKM]"
Sound expedition workshop with unusual sound generators, circuit bending, found sounds and much more
For young persons aged 16 and adults
At the inner room of the ZKM
The workshop is followed by the presentation of the results at 4.30 p.m.