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Inke Arns (born 1968 in Duisdorf/Bonn) is a German curator and theorist known for her works focusing on media arts.[1]

Inke Arns
Born	1968 (age 53–54) Duisdorf/Bonn
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Free University Berlin, Humboldt University
Occupation	Curator
Website	http://www.inkearns.de/

After having held positions at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (HGK) in Zürich and Piet Zwart Institut in Rotterdam, she has been the artistic director of Hartware MedienKunstVerein since 2005, a contemporary art space in Dortmund, Germany. She has curated numerous exhibitions, particularly in the field of media art. Her publications include studies of the Slovenian NSK movement.[2]

Education

She lived in Paris from 1982 to 1986, and studied Russian literature, Eastern European studies, political science, and art history in Berlin and Amsterdam from 1988 to 1996. She obtained a PhD from Humboldt University Berlin in 2004.[3]

Exhibitions

In 2014, she curated the exhibition Böse Clowns, which presents examples from advertisement, political activism, television and film, pop music and contemporary art.[4][5]

In 2017, she created the exhibition "alien matter".[3]

Publications

• Arns, I. (2002). Netzkulturen, Hamburg: Europäische Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 3-434-46107-8
• Arns, Inke (2002). Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) - eine Analyse ihrer kuenstlerischen Strategien im Kontext der 1980er Jahre in Jugoslawien. Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg. ISBN 961-90851-1-6 (Irwin).
• Arns, Inke, ed. (2003). Irwin: Retroprincip 1983-2003. Frankfurt/Main: Revolver - Archiv für aktuelle Kunst. ISBN 3-936919-56-9 (engl.).
• Arns, Inke (2015). "World of Matter", Berlin: Sternberg Press. ISBN 3956790839[6]

References

External links

• Dr. Inke Arns / Artistic Director Hartware MedienKunstVerein
• Inke Arns PACT Zollverein (in German)

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