2025/10/25

GfZK Leipzig Revaluates Legacy of East Germany’s State Computer Manufacturer

“Robotron. Code and Utopia” at GfZK Leipzig revisits the long-shuttered East German computer manufacturer whose technological ambitions and economic contradictions mirrored the state’s eventual collapse. Curated by Franciska Zólyom (GfZK director) and collaborators, over 20 artists—including Horst Bartnig, Nadja Buttendorf, knowbotiq, and Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt—present works probing computerization’s false promises, environmental destruction, and how the GDR’s technological fantasies illuminate our own.

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$40 USD