English:Imai (Q167921)

None The foundation imai - inter media art institute is Germany´s first non-profit institution dedicated to support the distribution, preservation and research of video and media based arts.
Cooperations with curators, universities and institutions provide the necessary international platform for the represented artists. The institute is an open forum for an international community dealing with questions of exhibition, preservation and dissemination of audiovisual arts. The aim of imai is also to support research in the fields of media art by cooperation with universities and art academies and by initiating and coordinating research projects.

Among the scheduled regularly held events are video screenings, lectures, conferences, seminars and exhibition projects like the extensive Gary Hill show in autumn 2007. The digital catalog of the foundation provides access to over 1.200 videoart works and films, which can be viewed in full length for recherche purposes.