In an extraordinary compilation, the ZKM presents the main works from its globally unique media art collection. See our infossil work (2003) there from February 23, 2019 on.
The Light of the World – The Sugarcoat of Nuclear War
A world map built from white sugar cubes serves as a global canvas documenting the chronological history of nuclear detonations. This work provokes profound reactions and reflections on our technological advancements, their consequences and the impending threat of nuclear warfare and omnicide, the annihilation of all life forms, including humanity.
“R111 could be considered the pinnacle of media art at the turn of the millennium.”
Yukiko Shikata, President of International Association of Art Critics Japan, 2024
“Sometimes, it felt like the inner workings of the universe made visible. It revolved slowly, then grew in complexity until it seemed, in substance if not style, like a collaboration between da Vinci, Picasso and Stephen Hawking.”
On the occasion of the anniversary of the nuclear catastrophe in Chernobyl, two documentary films on the topic of nuclear dangers were shown in the Zeiss-Großplanetarium in Berlin.
The evolution of nuclear news distilled into a blog AI-driven from the knowledge cloud in collaboration with sociative / edcast i8843.com facebook.com/i8843
We are presenting the map of all 656 commercial nuclear power plants: operational, dormant or deconstructed – precisely mapped on the World map with educational clarity.
In the Episode “NUCLEAR ZEN I – KEIBO OIWA” we will introduce Keibo Oiwa’s meditation on 3/11 and the events following the disaster of Fukushima Daiichi.
What is radioactivity and how can we detect it? Has the human being left the limits given by nature? Does nature herself employ nuclear strategies? Have we created Supernature?
"From Code & Codecs to Codex: The Archeology of Future" is an artistic talk about the shift from the digital arts employing bits stored via electrons to the nuclear arts employing radiation released via atoms.
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