Sonsbeek Foundation

Sonsbeek 71 Introduction and Statements by Artists Bibliography

Sonsbeek 71 (From Exhibition to Activity) commissioned site-specific works for the park and nationwide locations; participants included Michael Heizer, Richard Long, -d Ruscha and Robert Morris, with city projects in Rotterdam, Utrecht and Amsterdam. The program integrated media and communication infrastructures—film and video (a video studio at Sonsbeek), telex, small offset printing, conference telephone and press—and commissioned films from Boezem (Leiden), Jan Dibbets and Gar van Elk, plus a documentary directed by loss Odufre (scenario by Title Tybout). Publications included Cor Blok's Atlas voor eon nieuwe metropool, Octopus Foundation books by Hanne Darboven and Ed Ruscha, a newssheet and a Dutch-English catalogue; organizational leadership is credited to W.A.L. Beeren and named work-group members.