ZiKD

ZiKD / Centre for Immersive Art and Design

This exhibition is intended to give a foretaste of the programme of the Centre for Immersive Art and Design (ZiKD), which will open in Zurich next year. The dedicated goal of the ZiKD is to establish a forward-looking offering in the field of immersive art and interactive design. Visitors to the centre of excellence will be able to experience current artistic works on the themes of digitalisation and immersion in art and design. The ZiKD is to become a place of exchange, reflection and mediation.

The exhibition "Very F***ing Real! Augmented Reality Face-Filters in Art" is an exemplary test of the future programme and is intended to strike the playful, low-threshold tone that ZiKD strives for.

Contributors

In her curatorial practice, Marlene is interested in the interfaces between the analogue and the digital. In her previous projects, she has worked on themes of artists' media self-representation in social media, artificial intelligence and the internet as public space. Marlene holds a PhD in art history and lives in Bern.

Franziska is a designer and initiator of the "Centre for Immersive Art and Design". She has been working with interactive applications and communication since the mid-nineties. Her vision is to build a centre where immersion in design and art can be presented and reflected. Franziska lives in Zurich and heads the Interactive Media Design department at the School of Design in St.Gallen.

Beat is a designer and co-initiator of the Swiss Interactive Media Design Days in St.Gallen (www.imdsg.ch), which will take place for the 4th time in May 2022. Beat Lüscher is co-owner of a design studio and lecturer at the School of Design St.Gallen. Beat Lüscher lives and works in St.Gallen.

Martin is a multidisciplinary designer who has been working with spatial - immersive installations for more than 10 years. His mission is to bring joy to people by creating experiences that are delightful and inspiring. He is fascinated by the unlimited possibilities of combining space, new technologies and design. Martin currently lives and works in St. Gallen.

Dominik Sigrist is co-founder and co-managing director of the Zurich based digital agency KiloKilo. He previously worked for international agencies such as Ogilvy and Young&Rubicam. "Sigi" lectures on digital conception, user experience design and rapid prototyping at the GBS St.Gallen and the Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK, among others.

Identity

The "ZiKD" is to become a centre of excellence for the presentation and experience of immersive art and design. An international orientation and networking, a dedicated reflection on the development and implementation of interactive digital technologies and the mediation of art and design projects dealing with these topics define the "ZiKD's" field of activity.

Mission

In two exhibitions per year, the "ZiKD" will present current projects and positions in the field of interactive art and immersive design. Through interdisciplinary formats such as conferences, workshops and various target group-specific mediation offers, the "ZiKD" provides an educational and exciting offer to a broad audience. The "ZiKD" does not see itself as a museum-like, conserving institution, but is dedicated to the latest phenomena in the field of immersive technologies.

Target Audience

The "ZiKD" addresses a broad public and is aimed equally at families, media artists, educational institutions and a national and international professional audience. The centre aims to mediate and stimulate public discourse on the current and future opportunities and dangers of new technologies that shape our society.