CANCELED - Listening Session with Afaina de Jong and Innavisions

UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT HAD TO BE CANCELED.
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Afaina de Jong is an Amsterdam-based architect who works at the intersection of art and architecture. With her studio AFARAI (est. 2005, Amsterdam), her practice looks beyond traditional architecture by approaching the city as intersectional and interdisciplinary. De Jong looks to create space for voices and cultural knowledge outside what is typically manifest as visual, allowing for non-visual mediums to stay true to themselves within a spatial context. 

De Jong’s designs are grounded in extensive research and dialogue with the people who inhabit the places where her work will be shown.

Her newly commissioned installation for Sonsbeek 2026, Futures Untold, is a starting point for continuous dialogue about the future. It creates space for people to share untold memories around public space, especially those of women. The music playing within the installation - a soundtrack she put together with her longtime collaborator Innavisions -  invites visitors to linger around, take a moment to pause and let imagination run freely. 

On Friday 21 August, Afaina de Jong and Innavisions invite you to join a special listening session. Innavisions will play a selection of songs from the playlist and elaborate on its significance to Arnhem, while Afaina leads on a collective conversation on futures for Arnhem — ones that make room for difference rather than smoothens them out. 

Image: Django van Ardenne