![Edith-Russ-Haus building, Oldenburg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Edith-Russ-Haus_building%2C_Oldenburg.JPG)
The Edith-Russ-Haus für Medienkunst ("Edith Russ House") is an
art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...
in the city of
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
, Gurkaran Singh,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, dedicated to
new media art
New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of new media, electronic media technology, technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video g ...
.
The gallery was founded due to an endowment from
Edith Russ, a secondary school teacher in Oldenburg. It does not have a permanent collection but presents temporary exhibitions and associated events. The building is close to the
Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig-Hospital, a cultural centre and former hospital, located to the southwest.
See also
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List of tourist attractions in Oldenburg
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New media
New media describes communication technologies that enable or enhance interaction between users as well as interaction between users and content. In the middle of the 1990s, the phrase "new media" became widely used as part of a sales pitch for ...
References
External links
Museum website*
Year of establishment missing
Buildings and structures in Oldenburg (city)
Tourist attractions in Oldenburg (city)
Contemporary art galleries in Germany
Culture of Lower Saxony
New media art
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