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

Julia Horstmann
Harald Faßlrinner
Haike Stuckmann
Orhan Kipcak
Norbert Wiener
Rémy Vigneron
Wolfgang Paulke
Leopold Stolba
Pierre Wat
Woody Vasulka
Casey Reas
Werner Wolf Glaser
Ina Grabosch
Wim Zutphen
Kibong Rhee
Ilorenc Barber
Karl Boehm
Nigel Hall
Séverine Ballon
Josep Miquel Aixalà
James Joyce
Péter Legéndy
Corine Fortin
Simone Schmidt-Apel
Sebastian Klemm
Hans Irrek
Carla Bley
Ivan Parik
Joseph Somogyi
Kathrin Brinkmann
Médéric Collignon
Viatcheslav Stjopin
Stephan Meister
Aaron Jablonski
Drake Milton
Enno Poppe
Krása
Isay Alvarez
Snježana Pintarić
Renate Bertlmann
Nelly Delmas
ProjektionsAreal
Julia Dettke
Ransom Wilson
Fiona Newell
Donald Hall
G. Fedosenko
Hans Werner Henze
Rudolf Haller
Hans Vilmar Geppert
Georg Ritter
Dietmar Püttmann
Ensemble Musique Vivante
Boris Petrovsky
Marek Plichta
William A. Sethares
Vivant Quartet de Narbonne
Ferenc Lantos
Olga-Louise Dommel
Sylvia Rose Moy
Tobias Klich
Heiner Bering
Florian Hufnagl
NYC Surveillance Camera Project
Robbie van Leeuwen
David Tanenbaum
The Group For Contemporary Music
Colin Skinner
Erik Weiss
Keeril Makan
Petra Newrly
Juan Manuel Echeverría
Elisabeth Schraut
Tasja Langenbach
Lambert Orkis
Shinsuke Shimojo
Stedron Milos
Jürgen-Kornelius Mahrenholz
Paul Creston
Orchestra di Milano della Rai
Tom Rodden
Adolf Fleischmann
Vincent Bauer
Andreas Köpnick
Ondrej Brody
Wenling Chen
Pierce Warnecke
BBM (Beobacher der Benutzer von Maschinen)
Lukas Baumewerd
Jeroen van der Most
Kurt Leonhard
Hello Games
William Faulkner
Selma Freiburg
Bernd Beyreuther
Fred Truck
Natalie Pickert
Monika Lüke
Paul Eckhardt
Jake Tilson
Christophe Meierhans
Karl Notburga
Bretislav Pojar
Jean Dupuy
Herbert W. Kapitzki
Alexander Rechberg
Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Rodney Waschka
Markus Breuss
Vera Gärtner
Alexandra Arènes
Feifei Zhou
Niù Abdominaux Dangereux
Thomas Grunwald
Aleksej Eliseevic Krucenych
Jean-Louis Agobeit
George Dimitri
Luigi Dallapiccola
Jeff Gardner
Annika Etter
Quatuor Arditti
The Hyperion Ensemble
Farhad Moshiri
András Keller
Marlene Streeruwitz
Slavko Matković
The Troggs
Superflux
Ina Deter Band
Jan Jacob Hofmann
Gerd Presler
Manfred Schimke
Anja Oberländer
Allan Martin
Karl Hoffmann
Jan Delay
Mohammed Krimo
Holger Friese
Nitasha Dhillon
Alexander Karschnia
Philippe Manoury
Margaret Leng Tan
Henry R. Cosby
Timo Bunic
Judith Kappel
Juraj Duris
Jochen Hettinger
Atelier Bow-Wow
Mino Cinelu
Geoffrey Madge

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Germany

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Contacts

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