ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie

Sasha Waltz. Installations Objects Performances
with music by Jonathan Bepler, Pascal Dusapin, Hans Peter Kuhn, Henry Purcell, Franz Schubert

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28 September 2013 - 2 February 2014
An exhibition at the ZKM | Media Museum

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Concealed behind Sasha Waltz’s fascinating choreography is more than just dance and music. Stage elements and spatial design contribute to lending expression to the choreographies of a unique, artistic form. On the occasion of her birthday, the ZKM brings back the internationally celebrated choreographer, Sasha Waltz, to her native city Karlsruhe. Furthermore, the twenty-year anniversary of the dance ensemble “Sasha Waltz & Guests” which Waltz founded, now provides excellent occasion to present her work in an entirely new context beyond the world’s renowned stages at the ZKM | Media Museum.
With the special exhibition, the ZKM honors Sasha Waltz’s fundamental role in the world of international dance and stage. For some time the choreographer has played with the idea to disengage stage design and multimedia elements from the context of the stage and to present them as independent installations. Now, with the exhibition at the ZKM, this idea is about to be realized. Embedded in the context of the museum, this exhibition offers visitors the unique opportunity to experience the visual-aesthetic dimension of the choreographic works by Sasha Waltz. At the same time, representational elements are captured otherwise reserved for the elusiveness of a performance.

Performances
During the entire duration of the exhibition there will be performances with dancers, who were selected by Sasha Waltz in a workshop at the ZKM:

Wednesday
10.10 a.m.−11.10 a.m.
11.30 a.m.−12.30 p.m.

Friday
3.10 p.m.−4.10 p.m.
4.30 p.m.−5.30 p.m.

Saturday
3.10 p.m.−4.10 p.m.
4.30 p.m.−5.30 p.m.

Sunday
11.10 a.m.−12.10 p.m.
12.30 p.m.−1.30 p.m.

3.10 p.m.−4.10 p.m.
4.30 p.m.−5.30 p.m.

Operation Times of the Installations
Please note: These installations are without performances!

"Cloud" − Balloon from the piece "noBody", 2002 (Balloon in the Foyer)
Tuesday−Thursday: 10 a.m.
Friday: 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

"Wind" − Objects from the piece "Medea", 2007 (Wind machines at the Subspace)
Wednesday−Friday: 9 a.m.−10 a.m. and 1 p.m.−2 p.m.
Saturday−Sunday: 10 a.m.−11 a.m. and 1 p.m.−2 p.m.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication in German and English (expected to be published at the end of 2013)

Curators: Sasha Waltz and Peter Weibel