Exhibition »Writing the History of the Future. The ZKM Collection«
The thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media in Karlsruhe is the fitting occasion to retell the history of art in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with its collection, which is considered one of the most important media art collections in the world. With more than 500 items on display, the exhibition shows for the first time the diversity of the arts in the face of changing media. It includes photography, graphics, painting, and sculpture as well as computer-based works, film, holography, kinetic art, Op Art, sound art, visual poetry, and video art.
In the twentieth century technical media radically transformed the image. Beginning with the scandalous medium of photography, in which images seemingly generated themselves, media »transformed the entire nature of art« (Walter Benjamin). Photography, film, phonography, radio, television, video, computers, and the Internet have redefined the relationship between artist, work, and viewer as well as our notion of the creative act. The exhibition Writing the History of the Future exemplifies the transformation of art due to the changing technologies of production, reception, and distribution. It also shows how artists anticipate media and social practices that will only become self-evident for society in general years later. As the title of the exhibition says, they write the history of the future.
We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening on Friday, July 19, 2019 in the foyer at 6 pm!
Documents
Press Release
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Nam June Paik »Arche Noah«, 1989© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Polina Yakusheva -
Arata Isozaki »Electric Labyrinth«, 1968/2002© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Bill Viola »Threshold«, 1992© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Stephan Huene »Tisch Tänzer«, 1988 – 1993© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Nam June Paik »Versailles Fountain«, 1992© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Christa Sommerer/ Laurent Mignonneau, »Interactive Plant Growing«, 1993© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition insight, Vladimir Bonačić, »GF E 32 - NS« ,1969/1979© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Hiroshi Kawano, »Simulated Color Mosaic«, 1969–2011© ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Felix Grünschloß -
Agnes Hegedüs, »Memory Theater VR«, 1997© ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Felix Grünschloß -
Exhibition insight Ramón Guardans, Götz Dipper, Matthias Gommel, Adolf Mathias, Renata Sas, »Algorithmic Echolocation», 2003© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition insight, Alberto Biasi, »Light Prisms«, »Cinereticolo spettrale«, 1962–1965© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition insight Alberto Biasi, »Light Prisms«, »Cinereticolo spettrale«, 1962–1965© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Exhibition view Effect spherical cabinet 1965© ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
MagicBox, Christian Megert, »Glasbuch« 1961© ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Felix Grünschloss -
Konrad Zuse, »Zuse Z22«, 1957, vacuum-tube computer,installation dimensions variable, long-term loan from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences© Konrad Zuse; Photo © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Sónia Alves -
Writing the History of the Future. The ZKM Collection© ZKM | Center for Art and Media, layout: Demian Bern
