Art, media and their artists

Whether forgotten, unnoticed, recognized, or very young artists - they all find a voice in the ZKM exhibitions - we introduce them.

Two silhouettes looking at the computer-controlled robot painting with a yellow paint on a canvas.

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Mon, 04/04/2016 - 19:30

Focus on: Koen Vanmechelen »La Biomista - Cosmopolitan Chicken Project«

Vanmechelen has collaborated with geneticists and virologists in his projects. In 2010 he received an honorary doctorate for this.
Tue, 22/09/2015 - 20:45

The surface of the earth as a white canvas

Five words on five continents or in front of five cultural institutions reveal one sentence. Achim Mohné tells which ideas are behind the project.
Fri, 08/05/2015 - 11:50

A friendly parasite

Deceptive gesture of creation: index finger - leech - neurochip. The artist becomes a parasite.
Wed, 29/04/2015 - 14:20

»Isn’t it time we stopped expecting critics...
Wed, 01/04/2015 - 14:35

A genetic engineering facility at the museum

The artist takes a curious but critical look behind the laboratory door at the interface of art and science, engineering and reality.
Tue, 04/11/2014 - 18:45

Performance in front of the Camera – Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell in Film

Already in the early 1960s film had been used as a medium for the documentation of performative art: a selection of Actions by Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell.
Thu, 23/01/2014 - 13:35

Edgar Endress interviewed via e-mail by Dietrich Heißenbüttel, January 2014

They proposed an open discourse where they reach bystanders – members of the public who are not traditionally part of the art experience.
Wed, 16/10/2013 - 14:05

Sasha Waltz in Interview with the BNN – Badische Neueste Nachrichten

It has always been one of her aims to create objects which take the body as their point of departure. The exhibition is the result of reflections which have preoccupied her over many years.
Mon, 15/04/2013 - 12:10

Teri Wehn Damisch in conversation with Prof.Weibel

Teri Wehn Damisch explains, for which reasons even historical content should be processed creatively if a lasting documentary is to be produced.
Tue, 05/02/2013 - 13:05

»Chicks on Speed« Performance Lecture

They continue until today to deconstruct established roles and stage compositions. Art events emerged directed against conventional norms: non-conformist, feminist, participative.
Thu, 20/12/2012 - 08:25

LISA Conference 2012 - Software Programming as Art

In podium discussions, keynotes, and short presentations of artworks, the many facets of software art are the subject of interest.
Thu, 08/11/2012 - 11:40

»reac(t)Table!«

An electronic musical instrument emerges from a mere commodity.
Mon, 08/10/2012 - 16:55

Poetry Performance with John Giorno

With his solo performances, Giorno fascinated audiences with his unimagined energy, precision of language, and a travelling verve.
Thu, 13/09/2012 - 14:55

The AppArtAward 2012

The prize awards the best work of art in app format that distinguished themselves as advanced artistic applications. In addition to the aesthetic aspects, focus is placed on the creative integration and use of technological possibilities.
Thu, 13/09/2012 - 14:35

“Space is not a flavor”

Normandeau gave up his ambitions as instrumentalist and began experimenting with tapes and the abstraction of field recordings from their environment.
Thu, 13/09/2012 - 14:35

An Interview with Eric Lyon

The idea of becoming a composer first came to him at the early age of eleven. The initiative was sparked by an auditory experience of Paul Hindemith’s work, which was broadcast on the radio during a car trip with his father.
Fri, 31/08/2012 - 17:00

Three Mile Island

With his new project "Three Mile Island", Andrea Molino undertakes to remind us of an event that happened 30 years ago and is largely forgotten: the nuclear accident.
Fri, 31/08/2012 - 16:50

»resonate« An interactive Light and Sound Installation

Rhythm and variance, like in music, are essential components of the installation “resonate”.
Fri, 24/08/2012 - 16:40

A Conservator Gardening

Five different plants wish to be touched by the visitors. Through their movements and warmth floral patterns grow at the same time on an expansive screen.
Thu, 16/08/2012 - 12:50

Japan’s electro-acoustic Scene

The two Japanese artists Junya Oikawa and Chikashi Miyama had a great deal to report on new developments in current electro-acoustic music – especially in their home countries.
Die Roboter-Bibel
Sasha Waltz. Ein Portrait
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