Maximiliansforum

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Entrance to the Maximiliansforum (2014)

The Maximiliansforum (formerly Kunstforum München and ZKMax ) is a publicly accessible exhibition space for art in the center of Munich . It is located in an underpass that was created at the intersection of Maximilianstrasse and Altstadtring . The Maximiliansforum is an institution of the cultural department of the state capital. There are several museums, galleries and theaters in the immediate vicinity.

history

The underpass between two exhibitions

The underpass was built from 1968 to 1969 as part of the traffic conception for a car-friendly city . This resulted in an octagonal storage room, which was subsequently used by art lovers on their own initiative as an exhibition space. The escalators have since been deactivated and greened.

Exhibitions directed by the Lenbachhaus

In 1973 the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus took over the program direction until 1995 and made the passage known as the Kunstforum. During this time the installation show your wound by Joseph Beuys was presented to the public for the first time in the underpass .

Planning and renovation phase

In 1998 and 1999, the Munich city council dealt with the planning of a future use of the underpass and decided to focus on multimedia projects and enable the presentation of applied art such as advertising and architecture. A presentation of scientific topics, planning questions and economic projects was also discussed. The then cultural advisor for the city of Munich, Julian Nida-Rümelin advocated a focus in the field of art. In 1999 the passage was first referred to as the Maximiliansforum. In 2000 it was redesigned by the architect Peter Haimerl for use as a public space for art.

ZKMax

Between 2003 and 2009 the passage was used in cooperation with the Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM) in Karlsruhe under the name ZKMax. The collaboration was initiated by Peter Weibel (artist) on the part of the ZKM and Lydia Hartl , the then cultural advisor for the city of Munich. In addition to numerous exhibitions and campaigns relating to media art, this partnership enabled access to the largest media art archive in the world via a public online connection. Until mid-2007, this cooperation was also linked to a financial contribution from both sides, after which the state capital Munich provided the financing from its own funds.

Further development

Since then, the city has been running the exhibition space on its own and has been focusing increasingly on interdisciplinary media art since 2010. The painter Florian Süssmayr and the designer Mirko Borsche were also involved in the program, as was the record label Gomma. A profile as a meeting place for various scenes from the fields of art, design, architecture, performance, theater, film, dance and music was wanted and the design of projects especially for the Maximiliansforum space was established.

Todays use

View over Maximilianstrasse towards the exit to the Maximiliansforum

The Maximiliansforum is used today as an urban exhibition space. Primarily the applied arts such as jewelry, design, fashion and architecture are presented here. In addition, interdisciplinary art projects and performances will be shown, and in some cases panel discussions and expert discussions will take place in the framework program. The passage is generally freely accessible; admission is charged for individual events. In 2014 the Maximiliansforum is dedicated to the topic of Transforming Cities . The program is designed in cooperation with the Platform , a pilot project of the Department for Labor and Economics. The Maximiliansforum regularly takes part in the Long Night of Munich Museums as an exhibition venue.

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Alfons Lachauer: At the opening of the Maximiliansforum Munich . Walter Storms Galerie, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-927533-25-7 .

Web links

Commons : Maximiliansforum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Place of issue. Maximiliansforum, accessed on September 13, 2014 .
  2. a b c d About the story. (No longer available online.) Maximiliansforum, archived from the original on October 6, 2014 ; accessed on September 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / maximiliansforum.de
  3. Christoph Wiedemann: Underground Adieu. Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 17, 2010, accessed on September 14, 2014 .
  4. ^ Helmut Friedel: Lenbachhaus - Joseph Beuys. Lenbachhaus, 2013, accessed on September 13, 2014 .
  5. ^ Maximiliansforum. In: arch INFORM ; accessed on September 13, 2014.
  6. zkm projects. zkm, accessed on September 22, 2014 .
  7. Johannes Löhr: Art, hidden under the luxury mile. Münchner Merkur, February 22, 2011, accessed on September 14, 2014 .
  8. ^ MaximiliansForum. Muenchen.de, accessed on September 13, 2014 .
  9. ^ MaximiliansForum. museumsportalmünchen, accessed on September 14, 2014 .
  10. Program / Preview ( Memento from February 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  11. concept. Platform, accessed September 13, 2014 .
  12. The long night of the Munich museums. (No longer available online.) Muenchner.de, archived from the original on September 24, 2014 ; Retrieved September 25, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.muenchner.de


Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '17.8 "  N , 11 ° 35' 4.2"  E