The ZKM is a location for all forms of contemporary art. It is a platform for experiments that recognize no boundaries between the fine arts and the performative arts. Research, production, and presentation encompass all forms and methods of media, from oil painting to apps, from classical composition to sampling. Exhibitions, publications, and symposia open up new perspectives on topical questions, the objective of which is to define innovative, future-oriented themes. At the ZKM, people from all over the world and of all ages are invited to discover art. It is an open house that encourages its visitors to participate actively, and engage in exchanges and discussion. Players from all spheres of society – from the arts, sciences, politics, and commerce – are brought together to discuss and exchange ideas about crucial issues of the present day and in the future. As a center for research and development on theory and practice, the ZKM brings together artists, scholars, and scientists from a variety of disciplines. The utilization of unusual methods leads to innovative artworks, new knowledge, and forward-looking ideas. Through collecting and safeguarding works of art and historical equipment, as well as building a comprehensive archive of twentieth and twenty-first century arts, the ZKM is a preserver of cultural heritage. Here, the conservation of "digital art" is accorded special importance. Events Alongside exhibitions, events as platforms for the exchange with visitors and actors from various spheres of social life such as politics, the economy or philosophy take place. The form and content of events vary: from opera with multimedial stages to scientific symposia and popular concerts through to performances, dance or film-screenings. Here, the ZKM functions both as an organizer and cooperation partner, but also leases out its facilities. The events take place in various spaces, among others, the Lecture Hall, the Media Theater, the Foyer and the ZKM_Cube. Exhibitions Since 1989 the ZKM | Karlsruhe has been setting standards of excellence in conceiving, processing, and mounting exceptional exhibitions – interactive, participatory, and performative – as well as producing the accompanying publications with international resonance . In changing thematic and monographic exhibitions organized in the ZKM's 15,000 m2 exhibition spaces, contemporary developments in art and society are presented in all types of media and using all kinds of methods. During the ARD-Hörspieltage (ARD Radio Play Days), which have taken place each year at the ZKM since 2006, the following awards are given: the German Radio Play Award of the ARD, the ARD Online Award, the young talent award Premiere on the Net, the German Children's Radio Play Award, and the Children's Radio Play Award of the City of Karlsruhe. Since 2014 the Gulash Programming Night has been held at the ZKM and the HfG. This four-day conference of the German and international hacker scene is organized by the Karlsruhe branch of the Chaos Computer Club. The ZKM contributes lectures to Gulash Programming Night event and organizes special tours. Hertz Lab The Hertz Lab was newly established in 2017. It combines the Institute for Visual Media and the Institute for Music and Acoustics to expand the former fields of activity in close transcultural exchange with international institutes and research establishments and to explore the possibilities of expressing and shaping media and art in an age of accelerating technological progress and digitization. The Hertz Lab operates as a platform for transdisciplinary R D at the intersection of media arts, science, and society. The name Hertz Lab obviously refers to the famous German physicist Heinrich Hertz , who in 1886 conclusively proved the existence of airborne electromagnetic waves with his spark experiments at Karlsruhe University. Hertz is seen as the father of radio technology – the wireless transmission of information – and is thus the role model for the innovation center within the ZKM, the Hertz Lab. In addition to works of video art and electronic music, the ZKM acquires archives and documents on the electronic arts, that is, on video art, electroacoustic music, computer art, and inter-media art forms. It provides researchers with insight into and an understanding of the artistic developments in the last 50 years. References External links ZKM videocast with video clips from ZKM symposia, exhibitions, and events%DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% 30 years of the ZKM Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel at ZKM in 2011 Professor Herbert W. Franke at ZKM in 2007 Best of ZKM: Videoart from the collection
The ZKM is a location for all forms of contemporary art. As a center for research and development on theory and practice, the ZKM brings together artists, scholars, and scientists from a variety of disciplines. Through collecting and safeguarding works of art and historical equipment, as well as building a comprehensive archive of twentieth and twenty-first century arts, the ZKM is a preserver of cultural heritage. Here, the conservation of "digital art" is accorded special importance. Events The form and content of events vary: from opera with multimedial stages to scientific symposia and popular concerts through to performances, dance or film-screenings. Here, the ZKM functions both as an organizer and cooperation partner, but also leases out its facilities. The events take place in various spaces, among others, the Lecture Hall, the Media Theater, the Foyer and the ZKM_Cube. Exhibitions Since 1989 the ZKM | Karlsruhe has been mounting exhibitions – interactive, participatory, and performative – as well as producing the accompanying publications . In changing thematic and monographic exhibitions organized in the ZKM's 15,000 m2 exhibition spaces, contemporary developments in art and society are presented in all types of media and using all kinds of methods. Since 2014 the Gulash Programming Night has been held at the ZKM and the HfG. This four-day conference of the German and international hacker scene is organized by the Karlsruhe branch of the Chaos Computer Club. The ZKM contributes lectures to Gulash Programming Night event and organizes special tours. Hertz Lab The Hertz Lab was established in 2017. It combines the Institute for Visual Media and the Institute for Music and Acoustics . The name Hertz Lab obviously refers to the German physicist Heinrich Hertz . In addition to works of video art and electronic music, the ZKM acquires archives and documents on the electronic arts, that is, on video art, electroacoustic music, computer art, and inter-media art forms. References %DIFDELCMD < %DIFDELCMD < %%% 
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Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel at ZKM in 2011 Professor Herbert W. Franke at ZKM in 2007 Best of ZKM: Videoart from the collection