Collections & Archives

The collection and the archives contain works and documents from the 20th and 21st centuries. The special feature of the ZKM's collection activities is its focus on the electronic arts.

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The collection and the archives contain works and documents from the 20th and 21st centuries. The special feature of the ZKM's collection activities is its focus on the electronic arts. 

The video art collection is one of the largest in Europe and the computer art collection is the largest of its kind in the world. In addition, there is an extensive collection of works of electronic music.

By combining all artistic genres in one collection - from painting, sculpture, video art, performance and computer-based works to music - and the availability of numerous documents that provide a deeper insight into historical events, it becomes possible to gain a diverse perspective on 20th and 21st century art and history.

Art of the 20th and 21st century

Collection
Discover about 9,000 works of art of the 20th and 21st centuries from the ZKM collection, which was founded in 1989.

ARCHIVES

Under archives you will find the acquired archives of artists and scientists and the ZKM archive of past exhibitions, events and projects.

LIBRARY

The library contains about 60,000 books and digital data carriers. To this end, around 120 magazines and five newspapers are subscribed to.

Medien Kunst Netz

»Media Art Net« is a digital publication that invites you to discover the history of media art. »Media Art Net« is used worldwide by students and teachers for study and further education.

www.medienkunstnetz.de

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PROJECTS
A Summary of the Projects of the Department Wissen and its Divisions Collection, Archives, Library and Research

 

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DIGITAL PROGRAM
A summary of the digital programs of the Department Wissen and its Collection, Archives, Library, and Research sections.

PEOPLE

Alexandra Scott
Zdenka Badovinac
Thea Djordjaze
Andreas Zecher
Karl-Hermann Mrongovius
Ernst Stötzner
Luc Dardenne
Stephan Trüby
Lale Andersen
Ernesto Grassi
Michael Kimmelman
Klaus Steinke
Joseph Alessi
Dooeun Choi
Janosch
Gunter Schubert
Gertrude Stein
Holographic Production Inc.
Joan Batista
Steve Winwood
Glenn Eddins
Suzanne Stephens
Heidi J. S. Tworek
Éva Fodor
Iloé Françon
Bohuslav Martinu
James K. Gimzewski
Walter Kalina
Hans Hanko
Natalie Bookchin
Thilo Reffert
Mark Ginzler
Ursula Laquay-Ihm
Sylvia Eckermann
Pia-Marie Stute
Johannes Stüttgen
Karl Hofer
Thomas Sterna
Uwe Lohrer
Jessica Stockholder
Peter M. Lynen
Karl Edvard Laman
Bryan Konefsky
Chip Taylor
Hanns Schimansky
Jochem Hüskes
Patricia Triki & Christine Bruckbauer
Robert Mattsen
PONG.Li Studios
Hanna Schygulla
Heiner Franzen
Richard Gutjahr
Josh Greene
Sonja Kehler
Aleksandra Domanović
Cedric Bonin
Michael Obermeier
Martin Baltscheit
K Nikitin
King Crimson
Joseph Achron
Dan Kleingers
Kazuo Eda
Sven-Åke Johansson
William M. Billings
Irmtrud Saarbourg
Rex Gildo
Brigitte Baumstark
Rova
Vocal Ensemble
Nico Prang
Nitasha Dhillon
Ernst Lohoff
Holger Lang
Berlin Radio-Symphonie-Orchester
Ann Graham
Moritz Bierhoff
Jagoda Szmytka
György Kurtag
George Hampton
Gruppo N
Norbert Beilharz
Tanja Michalsky
Ice T
Noémie Jäger
Josef Klein
Juan Rodrigo
Michael Kaufmann
Amadis Brugnoni
Florian Meyer
Justin Cohen
Kamal Zharif Kamaludin
Reinhard Mucha
Georgia Creimer
Frank Miller
Roger Barr
Umberto Eco
Donaueschinger Musiktage 2004
ZERO
Christian Roeckenschuss
Alex Scholz
Shannon Oskanen
Sascha Lobo
Roland Lee Gift
Yuki Ohro
Florian Clauß
Jacob Paul
Edward Scheer
Elvira Garifzyanova
Yannis Kyriakides
Howard Fried
Raymond Cerbey
Rolf Simmen
Markus Alber
Christoph Brech
Themba Konela
Ken Gubler
Christoph Rau
Bülent Ceylan
4-th EAR Students
Oliviero de Fabritiis
Micheal Gielen
Frederic Edwin Church
Harald »Sack« Ziegler
Double Edge
Ernst Fuchs
Josef Froehlich
Ursula Bogner
Nesrin Sipahi
Rainer Wehinger
Micah Silver
CHEN Ping
Michael Maierhof
Ghislaine Gohard
Aline Mare
Hannah Cooke
Christoph Köhler
Christoph Palm
Gianfranco Ceccolini
Amiri Bakara
Groupe Art et Informatique de Vincennes (GAIV)
Grigoris Semitekolo
Katodic Boum Boum
Kei Suzuki
Kristi Becker
Wolfgang Bader
Roberto Morales
Jon Lord
Giselher Smekal
Rani Ravenina

ZKM | Karlsruhe
Wissen – Collections, Archives and Research

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76135 Karlsruhe ​
Germany

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Contacts

ZKM | Collections
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ZKM | Archives
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ZKM | Library
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Image Requests
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