KARLSRUHE.- ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe co-produces the landmark exhibition “Manifesto of Spring” with the National Asian Culture Center (ACC) in Gwangju and M+ in Hong Kong. The project gathers an international constellation of artists, scientists, and theorists to examine economic globalization and consider alternative practices, with a focus on regionality, biodiversity, and future generations. The exhibition features 13 newly commissioned artworks.

The exhibition brings together artists, scientists, and theorists to examine economic globalization and consider alternative practices, with a focus on regionality, biodiversity, and future generations. ACC held a symposium in October 2024 to kickstart curatorial research for the exhibition and expand the discourse beyond the Anthropocene, spotlighting new perspectives on capitalist value systems and their entanglement with the natural world. The exhibition is a manifesto for the future – the spring that we hope for, in which all species can coexist. Participating artists include ikkibawiKrrr, Kim Soun-Gui, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Ho Rui An, Zheng Bo, Chan Sook Choi, Connie Zheng, and others whose works address ecological and social issues through interdisciplinary approaches. This exhibition features 13 newly commissioned works.

"Working together with our partners at ACC and M+ has been an extremely rewarding and generative process, one that has created a pertinent exhibition that resonates strongly with our times. All three institutions are ‘more than museums’, serving as centres of research, production, and mediation. This has made our collaboration all the more fitting and has enabled the commissioning of new media works from wonderful artists who engage with the politics of our world in very astute ways."
– Alistair Hudson, Scientific-Artistic Chairman of ZKM

"The ZKM has a long history of collaborations with South Korea. It is therefore wonderful to continue this fruitful exchange with the exhibition ‘Manifesto of Spring’. Working together with two major institutions from the Southeast Asian region, the ACC in Gwangju and M+ in Hong Kong, has been an exceptional experience. This is true not only in terms of the collaborative curatorial process but also because of the remarkable artworks we have been able to bring together, many of which were newly commissioned for this project. The exhibition raises important questions about some of the most pressing issues of our time, and it would of course be a dream to present some of these works here in Karlsruhe as well."
– Clara Runge, Curator, ZKM

Participating Artists

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, CATPC, Chan Sook Choi, Connie Zheng, Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Ho Rui An, ikkibawiKrrr, James Bridle, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Kim Soun-Gui, Renzo Martens, Seo Dongjin, Territorial Agency, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, Zheng Bo, 1995Hz

Manifesto of Spring is co-curated by Kim Jiha, Senior Curator, ACC; Lim Liwon, Curator, ACC; Jeon Minsu, Assistant Curator, ACC; Silke Schmickl, CHANEL Senior Curator, Head of Moving Image, M+; Kelly Li, Assistant Curator, Moving Image, M+; Alistair Hudson, Scientific-Artistic Chairman, ZKM; and Clara Runge, Curator, ZKM.