The exhibition Monitoring has been taking place as part of the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival since 1997 and is devoted to contemporary media art.

This year, 14 installations by artists from six countries will be presented at the Kasseler Kunstverein, the KulturBahnhof and the Stellwerk:

Jan Bode, Gair Dunlop, Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken, Christoph Girardet, Chaja Hertog and Nir Nadler, Ryota Kuwakubo, Annika Larsson, Dennis Neuschaefer-Rube, Stefan Panhans, Anu Pennanen, Björn Perborg, Ana Esteve Reig, Rebecca Ann Tess, Rolando Vargas

A main focus of this year's exhibition lies on the analysis of film as a medium. Many of the participating artists deal with the collective, cinematographic pictorial memory, dissect the images and reassemble them. Established viewing habits are questioned and the structures and mechanisms of image generation are revealed.

All installations are nominated for the “Golden Cube” award, which awards the best media installation and is endowed with 2,500 €. It is continuously supported by the software company Micromata GmbH.

Detailled information on the exhibition can be found at Program 2011.