A Space for Shared Thinking
With Fellow Travellers, ZKM opens a polyphonic space in which art, science, and society meet to rethink how we live together on this planet.
Cooperation and Its Shadows
History shows our remarkable capacity for cooperation, yet also our ability to build economic and power structures that have pushed climate, resources, and social balances dangerously off course.
Acceleration Through Technology
Technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and the life sciences intensify these tensions and underline how urgently new forms of coexistence are needed.
The New Fellow Travellers
Grand utopias have failed, but the desire for justice persists in today’s “fellow travellers,” who work beyond ideologies to create a liveable culture and environment.
Local Action, Global Connection
Across the world, artists and activists use local tools and global networks to initiate tangible change, increasingly independent of traditional centres of power.
From Critique to Practice
The exhibition reconnects with the modern ambition to change the world, shifting the focus from pure critique to practical, effective action.
The Useum as a Living Laboratory
At its core is the Useum, an open laboratory of shared making—a beehive where ideas, techniques, and hope circulate and continue to grow.