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

Robert Fripp
Franz John
Hannah Reisinger
Günter Witschel
José Luis Gómez Perales
Risikoboys
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Axel Grote
Gerhard Wolf
Beatrice von Bismarck
Peter Feldmann
Lars Opfermann
Geraldine Juàrez
Gunter Krüger
Edward Dahlberg
Mario Pira
David Hutton
Charlemagne Palestine
Olaf Karnik
John Korsrud
Elisabet Iserte López
Chris Haring
Susanne Touw
Ekkehard Windrich
Andrew B. Denison
Effekt
Martin Mosebach
Megoldás Trio
Peter Hirsch
Stefanie Guserl
Jennifer McClelland
Richard Trythall
Steve Winwood
Yuri Pimenov
Olivier Christin
Henk Vijselaar
Piers McKenzie
Conni Brintzinger
David Garcia
Irene Giardina
The Riahi Brothers
University of Texas Electronic Music Studios
Gregor Eichinger
Michel Fahres
Bing Xu
Fanny Ardant
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Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers
Michaelis Terlikkas
Ingrid Leonie Severin
Badische Staatskapelle
Paul Dolden
Merita Halili
Hughie Cannon
Stefan Schmidt
AIME-Team
Amen Corner
Hans im Glück
Hans Peter Adamski
Wilfried Litke
Chucho Valdés
Eri Klas
Benjamin Fondane
Siegfried Thiele
Ann Reynolds
Jean Nouvel
Thomas Sopwith
Maurício Silva
Hatsumi Suzuki
Blindman Kwartet
Raymond Federman
Otomo Yoshihide
Manfred Trojahn
Jenny Moore
Biota.org
Jean Routhier
Krasimir Timov
Sonic Youth
David Bacharach
Del Bene
Tamás St Auby
Caroline Heinrich
Edward E. Zajac
Christoph Harbonnier
Anton Bruckner
Michael Wetzel
Claudia Rose
Hans Well
Alfred Feussner
Christian Zickler
Ralf Christensen
Peter Dahl
Joe Banks
Jeannette Stoschek
György Buzsáki
Barbara Rettenmaier
John Bulwer
Tung-Lung Lin
Daniel Beunza
Christoph Seibert
Cesare Pietroiusti
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kerstin Tscherbakova
Debora Troxler
Ensemble Ascolta
Ángel Ferrant
UNSK
Annette Schlünz
Frances Lynch
Kreidler
Jean-Claude Leroy
Howard Besser
Wolfgang Sehringer
Alfred Pacquement
Kid 606
Ernst Pöppel
Jennifer Tee
Natassa Philimonos
Corine Pelluchon
Martin Pfeiffer
René Descartes
Richard Salter
Robert Regös
Xuan Kan
Benny Quick
Wilhelmina Fernandez
Christian Losert
Boris Kušner
Quantic Dream
Jesse Taiko
Jeremy Moorshead
Ben Wittman
Sascha Lobo
Ivan Čižmek
Jürgen Schweinebraden
Dàniel Muszka
Susan S. Silbey
Marjorie Hermandez
Gülnur Keycek
Dennis Day
Richard Vasmi
Gabriele Mucchi
Gianfrancesco Malipiero
Marc Cuypers
Eduard Sievers
Rolf Kuhlmann
Matthias Gommel
Roman Opalka
David Tonojan
Bruno Balz

ZKM | Karlsruhe
Wissen – Collections, Archives and Research

Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe ​
Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 721/8100-2008
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E-Mail: wissen@zkm.de 

Contacts

ZKM | Collections
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E-Mail: collections-and-archives@zkm.de

ZKM | Archives
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E-Mail: collections-and-archives@zkm.de

ZKM | Library
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Image Requests
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