"Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground"

Travelling exhibition of the Karlsruhe ZKM also in India

At the Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM), the exhibition "Critical Zones. Observatories for Earthly Politics" was developed on basis of a concept by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel and exhibited at the ZKM in Karlsruhe from 2020 to 2022. It has now been adapted as a travelling exhibition for the Goethe-Institut South Asia: "Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground" opened in Mumbai at the end of October, then went on to Colombo in Sri Lanka, as well as to Pune as a forerunner of the Karlsruhe delegation 2023.

Opening of the exhibition “Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground” in Mumbai Foto: Goethe-Institut Mumbai, photo: Prachi Krishnakant Chandarana
Opening of the exhibition “Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground” in Mumbai
Foto: Goethe-Institut Mumbai, photo: Prachi Krishnakant Chandarana

Stops in Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore will follow later in 2023. The Goethe-Institut is present in 98 countries with 158 institutes, promotes knowledge of the country and the German language and fosters international cultural cooperation.

On show at "Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground", co-produced by ZKM and Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan in Mumbai, a selection of the artistic positions will be shown, complemented by further works by Indian and Sri Lankan artists - adapted for local visitors, of course.

Opening of the exhibition “Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground” in Mumbai. Goethe-Institut Mumbai, photo: Prachi Krishnakant Chandarana
Opening of the exhibition “Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground” in Mumbai.
Goethe-Institut Mumbai, photo: Prachi Krishnakant Chandarana

"The main aim of the project is to explore the Critical Zone of each station of the travelling exhibition and to address questions relevant to it," says ZKM: "To this end, conversations will be as local as possible within the larger framework of the exhibition theme. Thus, each station will include further dialogues and creative moments to explore and analyse local and pressing issues of each place - the Critical Zone as well as the residents. The exhibition project "Critical Zones" invites visitors to engage with the critical situation of the earth in new and diverse ways and to explore new forms of coexistence between all forms of life.

Opening of the exhibition “Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground” in Mumbai. Goethe-Institut Mumbai, photo: Prachi Krishnakant Chandarana
Opening of the exhibition “Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground” in Mumbai.
Goethe-Institut Mumbai, photo: Prachi Krishnakant Chandarana

Info: www.zkm.de

Digital platform for the exhibition: https://critical-zones.zkm.de/

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Anlaufstelle in Pune

 

Die Kooperation zwischen Karlsruhe und dem indischen Pune ist einen Schritt weiter: Im Januar 2014 wurde im "MCCIA Trade Tower", 403, Senapati Bapat Road, eine direkte Karlsruher Anlaufstelle mit den Repräsentantinnen Iris Becker und Winnie Kulkarni von "Let's Bridge IT" in Pune eröffnet.

Durch Erfolg und Ausbau der vielfältigen Aktivitäten - ob Infos rund um den Standort Karlsruhe, aktiv Kontakte zu indischen Firmen halten oder deutsche Firmen aus der TRK in und um Pune bekannter machen - erfolgte im März 2018 ein Umzug in neue Räumlichkeiten, auch durch die Erweiterung um die Repräsentanz des Landes Baden-Württembergs in Maharashtra sowie das Marketingbüro der „Hochschul Föderation Südwest“. 

 

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