
Press tour at Collectie De Groen, 30 June 2021, photo by Nikola Lamburov
"In today’s increasingly reactionary cultural climate, where everything must be guaranteed in advance, Sonsbeek 20<24 shows that there is indeed hope for a different Europe." – Fredrik Svensk for Aftonbladet (SE), 28 July 2021.
Welcome to the press page of sonsbeek20→24.
Here you will find an overview of press material about the manifestation sonsbeek20→24: Force Times Distance, On Labour and its Sonic Ecologies, which took place from 2 July until 29 August 2021. The overview includes both national and international publications, features, interviews and reviews.
The media coverage for Force Times Distance earned an impressive 350,000 national media impressions; 800,000 International impressions. Within the Netherlands, major news outlets such as NRC handelsblad, De Volkskrant, Trouw, Parool, Omroep Gelderland and NPO4 (radio) featured editorials on the exhibition. Internationally, outlets from over 13 countries covered Force Times Distance; these included United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Austria, South-Africa, Cameroon, Panama, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland, Indonesia, Spain (documentary). International press highlights included: Artforum, Frieze, Monopol, BBC World News, Artnews, BBC Africa, La Estrella de Panamá, Cameroon Magazine and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Throughout the course of the year, interviews with the curators and introductions to the work of the participating artists were published in advance and shared with local and regional press outlets. “Volkskrant” and “Gelderlander” published a prelude in advance of the opening and repeatedly showed interest in the programme both in their in-print and online versions. These stories were instrumental for sharing the ideas underpinning the exhibition with local audiences.
In particular, it was appreciated the political reframing of the specificity of place and histories imbedded in the city. This was conveyed and understood through the significant number of short and long form international press coverage, across an entire year and not only during the festival period.
For any further press inquiries, please contact info@sonsbeek.org
International press overview, 2020-2021
Frieze, 04/16/2021, The Best Public Art Shows to See this Year, by Carina Bukuts
ARTnews, 05/03/2021, ARTnews in Brief, by Alex Greenberger, Claire Selvin & Tessa Solomon
HART, 06/30/2021, Amal Alhaag in gesprek met Pieter Vermeulen
Monopol, 07/01/2021, Die unbekannte Verwandte der Documenta, by Elke Buhr
Monopol, 07/06/2021, Monopol-Sommer-Tipps, by Elke Buhr
Berita Utama, 07/07/2021, Rekonsiliasi dan Penyembuhan?, by Lauwita Peijing
Contemporary &, 08/07/2021, Installation view. sonsbeek20->24: force times distance
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 07/11/2021, Der rote Faden ist eine Blutspur, by Ingo Arend
Art Africa Magazine, 07/13/2021, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung on Sonsbeek20-24, by Sasha Gankin
La Estrella de Panamá, 07/22/2021, 'Estación Eléctrica Dub', by Astrid Chang
Aftonbladet, 07/28/2021, Experimentellt om kolonialismen, by Frederik Svensk
Spike Magazine, 07/28/2021, SONSBEEK 20→24: FORCE TIMES DISTANCE, by Eva Scharrer
Athinorama, 08/14/2021, To Sonsbeek 20-24 γιορτάζει τη ζωή και το τραύμα 1, by Anna Fardi
Brand New Life, 09/30/2021, «Invocations» der Gross-Ausstellung «Sonsbeek20->24», by Matthias Sohr
Der Freitag, 10/06/2021, Wir waren nie Peripherie (interview), by Margarita Tsomou
Artforum, 11/01/2021, Sonsbeek20-24, by Adam Kleinman
Metrópolis, 12/13/2021, Arte y Sociedad, by Maria Pallier
Dutch press overview, 2020-2021
Metropolis M (in print), 02/18/2021, Revisie #1 Sedje Hemon, by Milo Vermiere
NRC, 06/30/2021, 20 festivaltips voor de zomer, by Nemkumar Stevenson
Radio NPO4, 07/02/2021, De Ochtend van 4, by Hans Smit
Arnhemse Koerier, 07/05/2021, Arnhemse broers Brink actief op Sonsbeek20-24
Omroep Gelderland (TV), 07/21/2021, GLD doc - Sonsbeek20-24
Parool, 07/27/2021, Beeldenmanifestatie sonsbeek is prachtig, maar frustreert door ontbrekende informatie, by Kees Keijer