In the organizer's words:

Location
Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG); Lichthof 3

With the exhibition "JETZT: Es war, wird und ist", the ZKM | Karlsruhe honors the work of the Stuttgart-based artist Ulrich Bernhardt (*1942), who is one of the most important pioneers of media art in Baden-Württemberg.

As a video and installation artist, Bernhardt has been reflecting on current technologies and social change in connection with Greek mythology since the early 1970s. He is particularly interested in the question of how far-reaching technological developments such as the use of nuclear power and their consequences influence our consciousness. At the center of the exhibition are "The River" (1978) and "The Sarcophagus" (1996), two installations by the artist from the ZKM collection that deal with different aspects of time, transience and duration.

Program

Welcome
Alistair Hudson, Scientific and Artistic Director, ZKM

Introduction
Philipp Ziegler, Curator, ZKM | Karlsruhe

Artist talk
Ulrich Bernhardt

Afterwards the exhibitions "Ulrich Bernhardt. JETZT: Es war, wird und ist" and "The Story That Never Ends" as well as our bar in Lichthof 3 (HfG) will be open until 22:30.

We cordially invite you to the opening!