The Center for Arts and Media Technology ( German: Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie , ZKM ) has been opened in Karlsruhe since 1997 and is the world's largest institution specializing in media art .
Neighboring in the same building with the National Academy of Design Karlsruhe (HfG). Together, the two organizations form a single platform that combines both art and new technologies.
The center was founded by Heinrich Klotz. After his death, in 1999, artist Peter Weibel became director of ZKM.
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Creation Goals
Some of the goals for creating the Center for Arts and Media Technologies (ZKM) are:
- Promotion of projects in the field of new media and new technologies, including video, computer graphics, computer music, animation.
- Assistance to artists who creatively work with new media and media technologies.
- Organization of events and promotion of exhibitions for media art presentations.
- Promotion of dialogue between artists from around the world in the field of conventional and technology-oriented art trends.
Founding Director Heinrich Klotz defined in 1992 ZKM as follows:
| “The Center has a task to find out the creative possibilities of connections between traditional arts and media technologies in order to win and predict results in advance. Enrichment of the arts, not just "technical amputation" is the goal. Therefore, traditional arts and media art should not be measured against each other. Both sides have - both for themselves and for each other - a place in ZKM for interaction. Founded in 1919 in Weimar, Bauhaus can be considered a model and role model. [one] |
Collaboration
The town of ZKM covers the following museums, institutes, laboratories and conference rooms:
- Modern Art Museum
- Media Visual Institute
- Institute of Music and Acoustics
- Media Theater
- Film Palace
- Media Institute, Education and Economics
- Media Museum with its permanent collection, as well as temporary exhibitions of media art
- Media library
- Laboratory of obsolete video systems
Visitors can also visit the museum shop and a large cafe-restaurant in the lobby. ZKM is closely linked to the National Academy of Design (HfG) and the Karlsruhe City Gallery , which is located in the spacious building-pavilion of the Museum of Modern Art, located in the same building.
Literature
- ZKM, Karlsruhe Arts and Media Center. (ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe. Prestel, 1997, ISBN 3-7913-1859-4 .)
- Media art stories. ZKM Media Museum. (Hans-Peter Schwarz: Medien-Kunst-Geschichte. Medienmuseum ZKM. Prestel, 1997, ISBN 3-7913-1836-5 .)
- Sound tomorrow. The Art and Media Center in Karlsruhe rediscovers itself with each new activity. (Achim Heidenreich: The Sound of Tomorrow. It’s a New Year Activity. In: Stefan Fricke (Hrsg.): World New Music Magazine. Nr. 16: Contemporary Music in Germany, Pfau, Saarbrücken 2006, ISBN 978-3-89727-336-8 , S. 74-78.)
- In an instant of eternity: the history and position of electronic music in Germany (Hrsg.): Nowa muzyka niemiecka, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe / Korporacja Ha! Art, Kraków 2010, S. 112—133.)
Notes
- ↑ The Light of Enlightenment, the future of art. (Karl Georg Behr: Licht der Aufklärung, Zukunft der Künste. In: Die Rheinpfalz. 8. Januar 2009 (Seite Kultur).)