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John Kannenberg is an artist, researcher, teacher, performer, storyteller, and writer.
He is also Director & Chief Curator of The Museum of Portable Sound.

Video Vintage: Video Art from the Centre Pompidou 1963-1983

Video Vintage: Video Art from the Centre Pompidou 1963-1983

In 2012, I worked as a Curatorial Assistant at the ZKM Medienmuseum in Karlsruhe, Germany under lead curator Bernhard Serexhe. One of my major projects was to assist in the re-mounting of a traveling exhibition from Paris, Video Vintage: Video Art from the Centre Pompidou 1963-1983

Working alongside curators from the Pompidou including Christine van Assche, as well as internal ZKM staff in the media archive, library, and publicity departments, I performed multiple duties including: the curation and installation of all vintage video equipment on display, including the live video feed at the exhibition entrance; editing and translating didactic wall texts and object labels; curating and installing all displays of printed materials throughout the exhibition; and clearing reproduction rights and designing the photographic wall displays.  

Interview with curator Christine van Assche and impressions of the exhibition "Vidéo Vintage 1963-1983 – early video art from the collection of the Centre Pompidou Paris" from 22.09.2012 to 10.02.2013 at the Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe... read more in German: Interview (auf Englisch) mit Kuratorin Christine van Assche und Impressionen der Ausstellung "Vidéo Vintage 1963-1983 – Gründungsvideos aus der Sammlung des Centre Pompidou Paris" vom 22.09.2012 bis 10.02.2013 im Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe. Archäologie-Ausstellung audiovisueller Kunst: Das ZKM zeigt Künstler-Videos aus der Anfangszeit des Mediums, die das Centre Pompidou in Paris gesammelt hat – liebevoll zu TV-Wohnzimmern im Stil der 1960/70er Jahre arrangiert. Einen ausführlichen Beitrag finden Sie bei "Kunst+Film" http://kunstundfilm.de/2012/11/video-vintage-1963-1983/

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