Radboud Universiteit and Sonsbeek 2026: Sites of Memory ← Forensic Architecture

Film still from Jumana Manna, A Sketch of Manners (2013). Image courtesy of the artist.

Sites of Memory is a symposium organised by Radboud Universiteit and Sonsbeek 2026, and presented in partnership with Rozet.

This symposium introduces audiences to scholars’ research into memory as it resonates with some of the Sonsbeek 2026 artists’ own research and presentations. How can we fight against repressive acts of erasure and forgetting? How can memory transform the present and shape our imagined futures? Academics 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.

Programme

13:30 | Doors open
14:00-14:10 | Welcome by Amira Gad, Sonsbeek 2026 co-curator
14:10-14:20 | Introduction by Sonia de Laforcade and Mette Gieskes, Radboud University

14:20–14:45 | Keynote Nancy Jouwe

Part I – Architectural Practice and Institution Building
14:45-15:05 | Chiara De Cesari, University of Amsterdam
15:05-15:25 | László Munteán, Radboud University
15:25-16:10 | Roundtable discussion with Elliot Bourne (Forensic Architecture)

Intermezzo
16:10-16:40 | Break and screening of Jumana Manna’s film A Sketch of Manners (2013)

Part II – Embodied Experience and Living Ecosystems
16:40-17:00 | Eliza Steinbock, Maastricht University
17:00-17:20 | Katja Kwastek, Vrije Universiteit
17:20-18:00 | Roundtable conversation with artist Femke Herregraven

18:30 | Drinks and late night exhibition viewing at POST