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Sonya Umanskaya

Concrete Echoes + The Atlantic Walk

Sonya Umanskaya
Shout into the crowd: Artists Work in Horeca
di 10 sep - 17:30 - 18:30
di 10 sep 2024
17:30 - 18:30
  • di 10 sep 2024
    17:30 - 18:30
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    Landgoed Clingendael
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Join artist Sonya Umanskaya for a walk by the Atlantic Wall – a coastal defence system built by Nazi Germany during World War II along the European west coast. A large system of these barriers and bunkers runs through the city of Den Haag, many of which remain in parts of the city to this day.

With this event Sonya invites you to connect with a layer of the city that is mostly invisible, looking into the artefacts of the past which shaped the present landscape.

The walk is on location in Landgoed Clingendael. The meeting and starting point is Koningin Beatrixkazerne, Van Alkemadelaan 85, 2597 AC Den Haag.

This walk is connected to Sonya’s work Concrete Echoes, part of the exhibition Shout into the Crowd: Artists work in Horeca. She will give an introduction to her project and the history of the Atlantic Wall on location, followed by a guided walk around the site.

About Concrete Echoes

Concrete is the second most used material in the world and the most destructive. Serving not only in contemporary buildings but also military architecture, it becomes a reminder of wartime. But what happens to the memory of war when it’s over, when it slowly fades away, and the bunkers start to crumble?

By exploring the Atlantic Wall and the concrete used in its construction, Umanskaya aims to examine the impact of military structures on civilian landscapes amid ongoing global conflicts.

As a Russian citizen affected by the Russia-Ukraine war, she connects her experience with The Hague’s political environment, questioning how its wartime heritage influences contemporary politics and local memory.

About Sonya Umanskaya

Sonya Umanskaya is a graphic designer and artist, mostly exploring the topics of collective memory, historical artefacts and architecture.

@s_umanskaya

Sonya Umanskaya
Sonya Umanskaya
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Extended 10 September programme

As part of the exhibition Shout into the Crowd: Artists work in Horeca, 10 September features a full programme combining Sonya's guided walk and a performance by Bjarte at our theatre Zaal 3. More info and tickets for the performance can be found here:

tens:ding [bending over backwards] - Bjarte Wildeman

The full 10 September programme looks as follows:

Concrete Echoes + The Atlantic Walk - Sonya Umanskaya, Landgoed Clingendael

17:30 - 18:30 Guided walk

19:00 - 20:15 Dinner served at Zaal 3 – you can make a reservation together with buying your ticket(s)

tens:ding [bending over backwards] - Bjarte Wildeman, Zaal 3

20:30 - 20:40 Introduction by John de Weerd (programmer of Zaal 3)
20:40 - 21:15 Performance
21:15 - 21:30 Aftertalk with Bjarte (in the theatre)

Bekijk ook

Shout into the crowd: Artists Work in Horeca

Shout into the crowd: Artists Work in Horeca is een tentoonstelling die het werk laat zien van de kunstenaars en makers die in het horeca team van Het Nationale Theater werken. Bekijk hier het volledige programma en lees alles over de kunstenaars.

No Dutch Required

Welcome to all our internationals and Anglophiles! Our No Dutch Required selection consists of performances that are either English spoken, English sur- or subtitled or that are speech independent altogether; language no problem!