orbital ignition
FORCE TIMES DISTANCE ON LABOUR AND ITS SONIC ECOLOGIES - sonsbeek 20>24 international contemporary art exhibition - Arnhem, the Netherlands is centered around labour and its sonicities, connects a millenary history crossing times and geographies to the present moment.
Based on labour and its sonicity, the 12th edition of sonsbeek quadrennial for art in the public space—is co-curated by Antonia Alampi, Amal Alhaag, Zippora Elders and Aude Christel Mgba under the artistic direction of Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung.
Electric Dub Station (Orbital Ignition): This site-specific installation and procession investigates the transatlantic, colonial history of indigo related to its production on Surinamese and Javanese plantations and in Europe including Arnhem’s province of Gelderland.
Some of the artists and collectives in the exhibitions include Leo Asemota, Sam Auinger, Black Archives, Willem de Rooij, Cheick Diallo, Ndidi Dike, Justine Gaga, Ellen Gallagher, Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic, Ibrahim Mahama, Oscar Murillo, Hira Nabi, Olu Oguibe, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Jennifer Tee, Werker Collective, Stanley Brouwn, Sedje Hémon, Imran Mir, and Abdias do Nascimento.