public programme

sounding arnhem

Every Saturday from 10:00 to 10:05AM, until the end of August, city carillonneur Bob van der Linde will play a special composition created by artist Sam Auinger from the tower of the Eusebius Church...

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it's a question of power, isn't it?

A cacophony of voices, silences, whispers, thoughts, laughter and cries that question how gendered and racialised capitalism shape our understanding of contemporary labour conditions...

news

call for volunteers

sonsbeek 20→24 is looking for volunteers this summer: a group of art enthusiasts, sonsbeek supporters and park fanatics will become a vital connection between artworks, surroundings, locations and our visitors.

about sonsbeek

The sonsbeek exhibition was initiated in an effort to help Arnhem recover from the severe damages the city suffered during the Second World War (The Battle of Arnhem). Since this first edition in 1949, sonsbeek has significantly contributed to and helped

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the school of narrative dance is looking for performers

We are looking for participants for a live performance/ intervention taking place in the city of Arnhem!

podcast

listening matters in the archive

From February to May 2021, second and third-year students of BEAR (Base for Experiment Art and Research) ArtEZ became archivists excavating the Sonsbeek archive.

archive

sonsbeek archive

In the run-up to sonsbeek20→24, we are creating a special archive that will bring together the present, past and future.

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"Who stole the right to be lazy?" ― olave nduwanje

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the rhythm of labor

DJ Lynnée Denise created The Rhythm of Labor, a sonic blend drawn from a preexisting multi-media essay.

playlist

a playlist is a curatorial narrative

This playlist is a sonic quilt, an invitation to listen together. We firmly believe that there isn’t any better way to introduce sonsbeek than to start sharing mixtapes with you.

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marcue at home by immy mali

Mali is writing to tell her younger self, Marcue, about the turbulence the world is witnessing at the moment and how she continues to work during times of hibernation, loneliness, and longing.

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the rhythms and silences of ruptures

"Film is: a quest for some kind of meaning, some purpose, for signs of beauty and life" A conversation between curator Aude Mgba and Hira Nabi.

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“It is perhaps the great discomfort of those trying to silence the world to discover that we have voices sealed inside our heads, voices that with each passing day, grow even louder than the clamor of the world outside.” ― The Farming of Bones, Edwidge Danticat

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OTION by OTION

In this music performance commissioned by sonsbeek, OTION blends elements of hip hop, storytelling, spirituality, and soul, within the DIY setting of his home in Amsterdam...

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archiving queer of colour politics in the netherlands

This roundtable stages a conversation amongst activists and cultural producers involved in feminist and queer of colour politics in the Netherlands from the 1980s to the present.