IMAI – Inter Media Art Institute is pleased to announce the unanimous appointment of Monika Kerkmann to its Board of Directors. In this role, Monika Kerkmann will support the foundation’s strategic work and advise IMAI on matters of orientation and future development.
Monika Kerkmann is an art historian with extensive experience in senior positions at media art institutions such as the Julia Stoschek Collection and the LAS art foundation in Düsseldorf and Berlin. IMAI is confident that her expertise in the strategic development of media art collections, together with her wide-ranging artistic network, will be a lasting enrichment to the work of the Board.
At the same time, the foundation bids farewell to Prof. Dr. Reiner Nachtwey, who has served on the Board since 2019 and has played a key role in shaping the foundation during this period. Under his initiative, major projects—including the Video Online Archive—were developed and successfully implemented. IMAI extends its sincere thanks to him for his many years of commitment and valuable support.
About IMAI - Inter Media Art Institute
IMAI – Inter Media Art Institute was founded in Düsseldorf in 2006 with the aim of preserving, researching, and making audiovisual artworks accessible to a broad public. Since then, the non-profit foundation has been dedicated to increasing the visibility and audibility of media art through research projects, exhibitions, publications, and a distribution program. IMAI’s archive comprises more than 3,000 works, with a focus on international video art and music videos. Over 1,000 of these videos are available in full length in the Video Online Archive on the foundation’s website and are openly accessible to researchers, students, and anyone interested in art.
Contact
Dr. Linnea Semmerling
Director
info@stiftung-imai.de
www.stiftung-imai.de
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