documenta 8
12 June – 20 September 1987
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Karlsaue, Kassel City , Kulturfabrik Salzmann, Renthof, Diskothek New York, Karlskirche
Exhibition poster documenta 8
Supporting Institution
documenta and Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs GmbH
Managing Director
Klaus Angermann, Frank Petri (authorized offizer)
Artistic Director
Manfred Schneckenburger
Artistic Board
Vittorio Fagon, Edward F. Fry, Wulf Herzogenrath, Lothar Romain, Armin Zweite
Assistants to the Artistic Director
Jürgen Schweinebraden Freiherr von Wichmann-Eichhorn, Wenzel Jacob
Working Groups
Heinrich Klotz, Vladimir Lalo Nikolic (Ideal Museum); Michael Erlhoff (Design); Elisabeth Jappe (Performance); Wolfgang Preikschat (Videotheque), Klaus Schöning (Audiotheque)
Graphic Design
Karl-Oskar Blase
Exhibition Architecture
Vladimir Lalo Nikolic
Press Officer
Monika Junker-John
Tour Service
Michael Grauer
LA FETE Permanente - The documenta 8-Performance-club
Jürgen O. Olbrich
Technical Director
Frank Barth
Secretariat
Katrin Brauer, Angela Fitsch, Marie-Luise Moj, Susanne Müller, Hiltraut Tausch, Justine Uffelmann, Sigrid Zintl
Exhibit Pieces
520
All Artists / Male / Female
314 / 278 / 36
Visitors
486,811
Budget
8,960,963 DM
Catalogue
Vol. 1: Essays
Vol. 2: Catalogue
Vol. 3: Artists Book
Günther Menke: Exhibition Guide
documenta press. 7 printings.
Weber & Weidemeyer GmbH & Co KG Kassel
3 Catalogue volumes: 90 DM
Catalogue Editors
Monika Goedl, Ursula Frohne, Wanda Lemanczyk
Dieter Schwerdtle: Manfred Schneckenburger, artistic director of the documenta 8, Inventory Number: docA, MS, d7, 10041256