Advanced Photonics & Renewable Energy:
Optics and Photonics Congress
June 21-24, 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany
On Tuesday evening a banquet will be held at the "Center for Art and Media (ZKM), starting at 6pm. Tickets can be purchased at the OSA registration booth.
The ZKM showcases latest art of the Internet area, sculptures of light and allows visitors to plunge into an interactive virtual two and three-dimensional world. The ZKM is said to be the only museum of its kind.
The installation "Manifest" shows a robot arm writing random-generated manifests. Whether or not these make sense is left to decide for the viewer
The installation "CloudBrowsing" transforms the internet into a multidimensional experience
The ZKM is located just a few blocks west of the Kongresszentrum as you can see on this map of the inner city. To aid you in getting there, we provide the easiest ways:
From the tram station "Kongresszentrum" take line 6 (2E) in the direction "Siemensallee", get off at "ZKM". (takes about 12 minutes, leaves you 200m from the ZKM)
From the tram station "Ettlinger Tor" take line 5 in the direction "Rheinhafen", get off at "Lessingstraße". (takes about 5 minutes, leaves 400m from the ZKM)
Leave the Festplatz heading west, walk down "Beiertheimer Allee" then turn right into "Bahnhofstraße". Walk across "Karlstraße", then take "Klauprechtstraße" to "Brauerstraße". You should now be able to see the ZKM straight ahead.
There will also be a shuttle-service taking you directly to the ZKM. The Bus will leave
5:45 p.m.
6:15 p.m.
6:45 p.m.
After the Event there will also be a Shuttle back to the Kongresszentrum leaving
10:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m.
11:00 p.m.
ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe Lorenzstraße 19 76135 Karlsruhe