The Basic Idea
“The task envisaged for the ZKM is the sounding out of the creative possibilities between the traditional arts and media technologies for the purpose of achieving innovative results. The objective is the enrichment of the arts, not their technical amputation. For this reason both traditional and media arts must compete with one another. At the ZKM either aspect – each for itself and with one another – are given a voice. The Bauhaus, founded in Weimar in 1919, may serve as a model.” (Heinrich Klotz)
The basic idea as formulated by founding director Heinrich Klotz in 1992, was implemented and developed further in the years that followed. Today, the ZKM is chiefly characterized by four guiding ideas.
- The ZKM is a location for all forms of contemporary art. It is a platform for cross-border experiments between the fine arts and the performative arts. Research, production and presentation comprise all medial forms and methods, from oil painting through to App, from classical composition through to sampling. Exhibitions, publications and symposia open up new perspectives to new questions, the objectives of which are the setting of innovative and trend-setting 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 active participation, exchange and discussion. Actors from all social spheres – from the arts, sciences, politics, and the economy – are brought together for the purposes of exchanging together the essential questions of present and future.
- As a center of research and development both in theory and practice, the ZKM gathers together artists and scientists from various disciplines. Through the implementation of unusual methods, novel and innovative works, new knowledge and innovative and pioneering ideas begin to emerge.
- Through the collection and conservation of works of art and historic pieces of equipment, as well as the construction of a comprehensive archive for twentieth and twenty-first century arts, the ZKM takes up its role as the conserver of cultural heritage. Here, the conservation of “digital art” is attributed particular importance.
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