ZKM|Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe

18/19 October 1997, 6pm: Opening of new ZKM site

Permanent Exhibition

+ ZKM|Media Museum +

Interactive, 'hands-on' installations that solicit spectator
participation were collaboratively developed for the museum by artists
and researchers. Artistically and technically sophisticated commentaries
on the fascination and hazards of the media world introduce the user to
the 'world of games' or investigate the relationship of media to body
and space. An 'AcousticWorldAtlas' invites visitors to compose and
experiment with soundscapes derived from all corners of the globe. An
'interactive art gallery' brings together pioneering works and current
output in the field of media art. Here, the actions of the visitors call
into being artworks that are invariably new and different according to
the manipulation of the individual. The 'Salon Digital' takes up its
activities as a forum for discussion and virtual museum both locally and
on the global network. The individual installations will be opened by
small-scale performance events during the inaugural weekend.

Including works by: Agnes Hegedues, Lynn Hershman, Perry Hoberman, Jill
Scott, Jeffrey Shaw, Christa Sommerer/ Laurent Mignonneau

+ ZKM|Museum of Contemporary Art +

The Museum of Contemporary Art houses one of the world's largest media
art collections. 'Classics' of the young genre, such as Bill Viola's
'The City of Man' and Nam June Paik's 'Passage', are displayed alongside
distinctive pieces by famous video artists like Gary Hill, Marie-Jo
Lafontaine, Bruce Nauman and Fabrizio Plessi. While the Media collection
sets the tone in the Museum of Contemporary Art, all artistic fields are
included - with painting, graphics and sculpture figuring as prominently
as contemporary photography. This direct confrontation between the
different art forms can open up new prospects for the future. The first
wing of the museum will open to the public concurrently with the
inauguration of ZKM. Public access to the full collection of the Museum
of Contemporary Art will be granted from 1999 onwards. Supplemented by
the contributions from Baden-Wuerttemberg's leading private collector,
the museum will then be Germany's most important forum for contemporary
art.

*Permanent Service*

+ ZKM|Media Library +

Awaiting visitors are more than 10,000 contemporary music titles, a
comprehensive collection of the major positions in video art, and
literature in the fields of contemporary art, architecture, theater and
design: a treasure-trove for the researcher, but also a place where the
general public is welcome to browse and learn.

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CURRENT

+ Multimediale Exhibition 18 Oct to 9 Nov +

On the occasion of the Multimediale 5, the ZKM|Institute for Visual
Media will open its production facilities in the new building, and
present selected works of its artists-in-residence. Created between
1995 and 1997, these works show how new technologies, methods and
materials can be embodied for artistic purposes. Their interactivity
also calls for an engaged and critical involvement of the viewer. Works
by artists including Luc Courchesne, Larry Cuba, Marina Grzinic & Aina
Smid, Dieter Kiessling, Bill Seaman and Bill Viola invite the public to
be explorers in a territory of digital expression.

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Advance sales for events on the inaugural weekend:
1 September to 16 October 1997
ZKM|Schaufenster, Lammstra