Documenta

21 Juni - 28 September 1997
Parcours: Kulturbahnhof / Balikino, Underground Crossing Kulturbahnhof, Underground Crossing Treppenstraße, Treppenstraße, Friedrichsplatz, Museum Fridericianum, Ottoneum, documenta-Halle, Orangerie, Karlsaue, Auepark

Supporting Institution
documenta and Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs- GmbH

Managing Director
Bernd Leifeld, Frank Petri (authorized offizer) 

Artistic Director
Catherine David

Electing Comittee
Dr. Jean-Christoph Ammann, Director Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Regina G. Wyrwoll, Goethe-Institut, München, Germany
Antje von Graevenitz, Professor Art History, Köln, Germany
Kathy Halbreich, Walker Art Center Minneapolis, USA
Donald Kuspit, art critic, USA
Ida Gianelli, Director Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Nicolas Serota, Director Tate Gallery, London, England
Günter Metken, Art Critic, Paris, France

General Assistant
Hortensia Völckers

Consultant
Jean-François Chevrier

Secretariat of the Artistic Director
Julia Drost, Susanne Müller

Team
Hortensia Völckers, Jean-Françoise Chevrier, Véronique Dabin, Thomas Mulcaire, Isabelle Merly

Organisation 100 Days – 100 Guests
Thomas Köhler, Nadia Tazi

Website Curator
Simon Lamunière

Theatre Skits
Tom Stromberg

Marketing and Public Relations
Andreas Knierim

Film Producer
Brigitte Kramer

Corporate Design and Logo
Büro X, Hambug / Carl von Ommen

Exhibition Architecture
Christian Jabornegg, András Pálffy

Press Officer
Maribel Königer

Technical Director
Winfried Waldeyer

Exhibition Pieces 
569

Artists 
138

Visitors
628,776

Total Costs
20,400,000 DM

Publications
documenta documents 1-3
Politics-Poetics. The Book for documentaX
Brief Guide
Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit
German and English Catalogue edition : 98 DM

Catalogue Editor
Cornelia Barth