Ndikung to curate ‘sonsbeek 2020’
Camerounian independent curator and art critic Bonaventure Ndikung, PhD, is the artistic director of ‘sonsbeek 2020.’ Ndikung was appointed by unanimous recommendation of an international selection committee according to a post on contemporaryand.com. He is also an author and biotechnologist, as well as the founder and artistic director of SAVVY Contemporary, in Berlin Germany. He was also guest curator of the 2018 Dak’Art Biennale in Senegal.
The post quotes, Charles Esche, Member of the board and international selection committee, as saying, “The selection committee was very impressed with Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung’s proposal for sonsbeek 2020. Ndikung is already known for his innovative, conceptually strong and convincing curatorial practice. He has a proven track record of exhibition making with SAVVY Contemporary, as well as his crucial contribution to the recent documenta 14 in Kassel and Athens.
“Ndikung often takes a surprising approach to curating, incorporating sound, performative and discursive frames into his projects. What makes his work special, is that he does not approach an exhibition scientifically, but much more as poetry and rhyme. He compares his working method as a curator to a musical jam session. Thus, his interest in the sonic as memory, knowledge, a story - both about the past and the present. He wants to make the exhibition experience tangible through space, rhythm, movement and words: a visit as choreography. The board looks forward to what promises to be an exciting sonsbeek 2020 that does justice to the rich and significant history of the exhibition.”
Sonsbeek started in 1949 in an effort to Arnhem recover from the heavy damages the city suffered during the Second World War. It has contributed to and redefined international contemporary art.
This 12th edition of the exhibition will hold within and around Arnhem from 5th June to 13th September 2020.