Online launch of “Critical Zones” exhibition at ZKM (video and links)

Fri, 22.05., 6 pm (CEST): OPENING Sat–Sun, 23.–24.05.2020: STREAMING FESTIVAL The exhibition “Critical Zones – Observatories for Earthly Politics” about the critical situation of the earth falls through the Corona crisis into a critical time. A new earth policy also requires a new exhibition policy: We are broadcasting! The growing exhibition at the ZKM will be combined with a digital exhibition that will also be rising steadily. The museum will become a “home museum” with a virtual accompanying program. On May 22, 2020 from 6 pm, the exhibition will open with a streaming festival lasting several days, which will span the weekend of May 22–24, 2020. The program will consist of streamed guided tours through the virtual space as well as through the real, but not public exhibition, and will include interviews and lectures. We cordially invite you to the virtual exhibition opening on May 22, 2020 at 6 pm! // HIGHLIGHTS: Introduction with Bruno Latour & Peter Weibel // Guided tour through the virtual exhibition // “Anthropocene Lecture” (Bruno Latour) // screening play “Moving Earth”/ Lecture “Earth Tidings” // Filmscreening & Talk with Donna Haraway: “Storytelling for Earthly Survival” // Walk across the ZKM orchard

To mark the opening of the exhibition there is a free virtual opening and streaming festival, including guided tours, interviews, talks, discussions, film screenings and more – with Bruno Latour, Donna Haraway, Peter Weibel, Jennifer Gabrys, Eyal Weizman, Alexandra Arènes, Soheil Hajmirbaba, Marie-Claire Pierret, Jan Zalasiewicz, Bettina Korintenberg, Barbara Kiolbassa, Tim Lenton, Sébastien Dutreuil, Simon Schaffer, Joseph Leo Koerner, Ali Gharib, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Emanuele Coccia, Vinciane Despret, Frédérique Aït-Touati, Adam G. Riess, Bruce Clarke, John Feldman and many others. This includes free online screenings of Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival by Fabrizio Terranova and Symbiotic Earth: How Lynn Margulis Rocked the Boat and Started a Scientific Revolution by John Feldman. You can find the programme here, the livestream here, the digital edition of the exhibition here.

thanks to dmf for the link