Sonsbeek 20→24: Force Times Distance, On Labour and its Sonic Ecologies
2 July - 29 August
www.sonsbeek20-24.org
Curators
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
Antonia Alampi (until 2020), Amal Alhaag, Zippora Elders, Krista Jantowski, Aude Christel Mgba, Vincent van Velsen (until 2020)
Theme
The thematic framework of sonsbeek20→24 revolves around labour and its 'sonicities', connecting time, history and geography through a multitude of voices, sounds and vibrations. It invites us to listen to the sounds pushed to the margins, to listen to whispered stories, to the sounds passed on through singing and storytelling, and to embodied narratives. The central theme of sonsbeek20→24 is the absence of a dominant image. sonsbeek20→24 aims to draw special attention to histories written 'differently' - "in song, play, performance, dance, care, polyphonic rhythms and multiple motherless tongues through which memories, traditions, spiritualities, whole cosmologies traverse oceans and deserts".
Artists
- Sam Auinger
- Julieta Aranda
- Leo Asemota
- Raumlabor
- Olu Oguibe
- Gustavo Crembil and Mea-Ling Lokko
- Werker Collective with Gleb Maiboroda and studio bonbon
- Libita Sibungu
- Justine Gaga
- Buhlebezwe Siwani
- Farkhondeh Shahroudi
- Nader Mohammed Saadallah
- Sunette L. Viljoen
- stanley brouwn
- Anne Duk Hee Jordan
- Kudzanai – Violet Hwami and Belinda Zhawi
Locations
- Eusebius church
- Waalse kerk
- Collectie De Groen
- Showroom
- Rozet
- WALTER books
- Sonsbeek park
- Stadsvilla
- Park Zypendaal
- Buitenplaats Koningsweg (Portiershuisje, Machinery of Me, The Yarn, Hangar)
- Kröller-Müller Museum
Programme
(enkele uitgelicht)
Sonsbeek20→24 comprised an ongoing programme from 2020 to 2022, with online components such as the Editorial Room and collaborations with Dutch Art Institute (DAI) and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, among others.
- Sunday Services
- Sonic Lectures
- Parasite Radio
Publications
Catalogue
sonsbeek20→24. Force Times Distance: On Labour and its Sonic Ecologies, 2021
Design: Werkplaats Typografie
Publisher: Archive Books
Reader
On Labour, 2021
Design: Werkplaats Typografie
Publisher: Archive Books
Readers Abstracting Parables
Abdias Nascimento: Being An Event Of Love, 2022
Imran Mir: A World That Is Not Entirely Reflective but Contemplative, 2022
Sedje Hémon: Emotion of Spirits, 2022
Design: Sophie Douala
Publisher: Archive Books





Facts and Figures
⋅ 148.000 visitors ⋅ 14 exhibition venues ⋅ 40 artists ⋅ 44 artworks and 20 new commissions ⋅ 63 events ⋅ 1.150.000 press impressions ⋅ 150 volunteers ⋅ 1536 sold merchandise
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