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.

A smoking person is sitting in a room with stone walls. She is wearing a wig from the 18th century, is heavily made up and sits at a table with a long candle burning on it. Around the table are dolls.
INDEPENDENT DAYS Film Festival: Short Interventions
Thu, 22.10.2020 7 pm, Duration: 1:45h
Media Theater
Cost: 9,50 / 8 €
Werk - H.O.R.T.U.S.
#digiTALK – Sustainable Acting in the Digital World
Thu, 22.10.2020 7 pm
Lecture Hall, Online
Free entry
The background is foggy, in the foreground is a young woman with long hair, wearing a Venetian-style mask.
INDEPENDENT DAYS Film Festival: Eclipsed
Thu, 22.10.2020 9 pm, Duration: 1:45h
Media Theater
Cost: 9,50 / 8 €
Many hands are projected on a column. One set of hands stretches from bottom to top towards the other set of hands and vice versa. It is night.
Jonas Denzel: Beambike projection mapping
Sun, 25.10.2020 6 pm
North of the City – Former bus stop
Cost: free
The head and neck of a woman can be seen upside down, she has long hair and an expressionless lead. The background resembles computer-generated tiles, which also cover her face.
EINGESPERRT – Stimmen aus dem Kopfgefängnis
Sun, 25.10.2020 8 pm
Cube
Cost: 15€/10€
A bridge in a park at night. A row of pairs of eyes is projected in a horizontal strip on the outer wall of the bridge. The rets of the bridge shine in different colors.
Jonas Denzel: Beambike projection mapping
Tue, 27.10.2020 7 pm
Günther Klotz Park – underpass bridge L605 next to Bulach
Cost: free
You can see the poster of the film »Reseba«. It is dyed blue and shows a young woman with a headscarf in the middle. To the right and left of her there are smaller ones of a man and an older woman, also wearing a headscarf.
Film Screening: Reşeba – The Dark Wind
Thu, 29.10.2020 7 pm
Lecture Hall
Free entry
Two dancers. They both have silver wigs on, their bare legs are visible, their feet are in stockings. It seems abspaced or science-fiction-like.
TANZ Karlsruhe 2020 as guest at ZKM
Wed, 11.11.2020 – Thu, 12.11.2020
Media Theater
Cost: Tickets available online
Four dancers are on stage, it is dark. One dancer is at the front of the stage, the others are standing at a distance to one direction each. On all dancers you can see numerous threads of light projected.
Van Grimde Corps Secrets: Eve 2050
Wed, November 11, 2020 7.30 pm und 9 pm
Media Theater
Cost: Adv.book. 13,80 €/ boxoff. 15 €
Three dancers stand on the stage, it is dark. In the middle of the stage is an installation of laser light. On the body of the left dancer is a projected play of light.
Van Grimde Corps Secrets: Eve 2050
Thu, November 12, 2020 7.30 pm and 9 pm
Media Theater
Cost: Adv.book. 13,80 €/ boxoff. 15 €
Oval patterns are projected on long steles, in different colors
Jonas Denzel: Beambike projection mapping
Sun, 15.11.2020 5.30 pm
Palace Garden – artwork »Wasserstelen« [water steles]
Cost: free
You can see a demonstration with people holding signs. Big above the picture is #digiloglounge
Digiloglounge Digital
Thu, 19.11.2020 5 pm, Duration: 1h
Online
Cost: Free of charge
Logo with the words "Driving the Human" and an abstract wave form in blue and pink.
Driving the Human
Fri, 20.11.2020 – Sun, 22.11.2020
Online
Free entry
You can see two men in a very dark room. Only their faces can be recognized, although even these are only blurred. This effect is created by moving the head from left to right during a long exposure time.
Algorave
Fri, 20.11.2020 6.30 pm
A port at night. Many pairs of eyes are projected on a column designed like an archway. The eyes look open in different directions.
Jonas Denzel: Beambike projection mapping
Fri, 20.11.2020 7 pm
Church spire of the oecumenical community center Oberreut
Cost: free
The KlangForum on stage in front of a projected starry sky
Sternbild: Mensch VI
Sun, 22.11.2020 7 pm
Cube
Giga-Hertz Award Festival 2020 red on black
Giga-Hertz Award 2020
Sat, 28.11.2020 – Sun, 29.11.2020
Cube, Online
Free entry
Book cover with the text »Politischer Islam – Stresstest für Deutschland« and a green crescent.
Political Islam - Stress test for Germany
Wed, 02.12.2020 7 pm
Foyer
Cost: kostenfrei
The graphic of the exhibition »Critical Zones« at the ZKM Karlsruhe. The title is in orange letters in front of an abstract, yellowish map.
Terrestrial University: The Scientists for Future Karlsruhe
Thu, 10.12.2020 7 pm
Online
Cost: free entry
Musicians in front of an LED wall with visualizations
inSonic 2020
Fri, 11.12.2020 – Sun, 13.12.2020
Online
Free entry

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