This symposium introduces audiences to scholars' research into memory, as it resonates with the artworks presented in Sonsbeek 2026. How can we fight against repressive acts of erasure and forgetting? How can memory transform the present and shape our imagined futures? Academics will draw from their research to address these questions in conversation with artists participating in Sonsbeek 2026. Together, scholars and artists will explore interconnected sites of memory, including architectural practice, institution building, embodied experience, and living ecosystems. From these various perspectives, they will discuss how practices of memory can respond to forms of colonial, environmental, and gender-based violence.
The Sonsbeek 2026: Sites of Memory symposium is organized by dr. Mette Gieskes and dr. Sonia de Laforcade from Radboud University in conversation with Sonsbeek 2026’s curatorial team and in partnership with Rozet.
Programme and tickets
The full programme and the tickets (which are free for students and educators) can be found via the buttons below:
