Events

With exhibition openings, concerts, readings, film screenings, conferences, panel discussions and much more, the ZKM offers not only exciting exhibitions but also a variety of different events.


Past events can be found in the event archive.

You can see a green meadow on which there are several raised seats in the middle of trees.
Hochsitzcafé
April–October 2024
The picture shows an abstract structure with a vacuum cleaner head in the middle and colorful shapes all around.
Opening & Activation Day: (A)I Tell You, You Tell Me. Three Encounters for Humans/Machines
Fri, May 03, 2024 – Sat, May 04, 2024, Opening
Foyer, Atrium 1+2, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG); Atrium 3
Free entry
You can see a young woman in front of a DJ booth, she has black hair and a braid and is wrapped in abstract shapes and colors by the lights in the room and a projection behind her.
Portrait XO – WIRE
Fri, May 03, 2024 7.40 pm CEST, Performance
Media Theater
Free entry
Pianist Maki Namekawa at the grand piano.
Maki Namekawa plays Keith Jarrett's »The Köln Concert«
Sat, May 04, 2024 8 pm CEST, Concert
Kubus
Cost: Admission 10 € / 7 € reduced
Completely sold out, no more tickets available at the box office
An infographic showing which physiognomic features are collected in order to group patterns with certain political behaviors.
Art-Science Talk: Wie wählen wir?
Wed, May 08, 2024 6.30 pm CEST, Talk
Lecture Hall
Free entry
Two visitors in the exhibition »zkm_gameplay. the next level«
It’s a match – Art Speed Dating in »Mack at ZKM«
Sat, May 11, 2024 3 pm – 5.30 pm CEST, Meet-Up
Atrium 1+2, 2nd floor
Cost: 12 € / 10 € ermäßigt
Language: German
Children's drawing of religious symbols
archEtrans e.V. as a guest at ZKM: Provocation to Courage - Children see the world
Fri, May 17, 2024 – Sun, May 26, 2024
Foyer
Free entry
Hackers at the Goulash Programers
22nd Goulash Programming Night
Thu, May 30, 2024 – Sun, June 02, 2024, Open Lab
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG); Atria 3-4, ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Free entry
Young musicians on stage at the ZKM Kubus
next_generation X
Wed, June 05, 2024 – Sat, June 08, 2024, Festival
Kubus, Media Theater
Free entry
Exhibition space with three projection screens
Digital Day 2024 at the ZKM
Fr, 07.06.2024, Day of Action
ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Free entry
the forecourt in front of the ZKM can be seen, with clothes hanging on many clothes rails and books lying on tables. People are looking at the things.
Clothes and book bazaar
Thu, June 13, 2024 5 pm CEST
Isle Hub on the Forecourt
Portraits of Mara-Johann Kölmel and Ursula Ströbele
The Sculptural in the (Post-)Digital Age
Thu, June 13, 2024 7 pm CEST, Talk
Media Lounge
Free entry
Scientists at an excavation site
Matters of Evidence
Fri, June 14, 2024 – Sat, June 15, 2024, Conference
ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Free entry
Language: English
A black woman with a white mask on her face. The mask appears to be being scanned by a computer.
»Coded Bias« by Shalini Kantayya
Tue, June 18, 2024 7 pm CEST, Film Screening
Kinemathek Karlsruhe
Fotos of an oscilloscope screen with white lines
Generative Art Summit
Wed, July 03, 2024 – Sat, July 06, 2024, Conference
Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg
Cost: Festival pass: € 80, day tickets: € 20
Language: English
The picture shows a panel discussion in front of the screen.
No Time to Wait 8
Wed, September 11, 2024 – Fri, September 13, 2024, Conference
ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Free entry
Language: English
Hands can be seen in front of a rainbow flag.
Diversity Ball Night 2024 – Dance of diversity
Sat, October 05, 2024 9 pm CEST
ZKM | Center for Art and Media

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