Since the emergence of video art in the 1960s, artists have persistently used the medium of video to counter the oppression of people and their diversity with artistic means that are subversive, resistant and resilient and critical of power. The social, political and ecological influences to which human and non-human subjects are involuntarily exposed and how they withstand them is the subject of many works at VIDEONALE.20. The medium of video becomes an instrument of uncovering, preserving, but also of world creation and thus itself an expression of resilience. In three discussion rounds, V.20 artists will talk about the phenomenon of resilience in their work.

Marcel Odenbach / YAN Wai Yin
STÄNDIG AUF DEM SPRUNG SEIN (Marcel Odenbach) and MUTED BRIDGES (YAN Wai Yin) address the consequences of authoritarian systems that lead to migration or silencing. In a collage of produced and found sequences, Odenbach deals with the phenomenon of (forced) departure and being on the move. In a seemingly diary-like video documentary, YAN Wai Yin indirectly preserves the 2019/2020 protest movement in Hong Kong against China's influence.

Philipp Gufler / Kat Lawinia Gorska
A jet of water is aimed at the heart area of a naked body that stands firm: In THE BEGINNING OF IDENTIFICATION, AND ITS END, Philipp Gufler uses historical footage and staged moving images to explore the successful history of emancipation of gender diversity and the visibility of queer bodies, which he contrasts with contemporary homonationalism and its appropriation of LGBTIQ emancipation demands for anti-Muslim racism and exclusion.

Ana María Millán / Nieves de la Fuente Gutiérrez
In her work, Ana María Millán deals with the exploitation of resources and their impact on the ecosystem. In DESERT (Ana María Millán) - a combination of computer simulation and video game - players travel from the mining mines near Cali, Colombia, to a barren desert covered in oil and begin to immerse themselves in the oil. In conversation with artist and curator Nieves de la Fuente Gutiérrez, she talks about the potential of gaming as a power-critical tool for creating worlds.

Ticket opening day 1 required

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

Get to know the festival participants in short conversations.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

Ticket opening day 1 + lunch required

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

The V.20 artists will guide you through the exhibition. We meet up in the foyer!

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

With Beatrice Gibson and Stéphanie Lagarde
Reading Session and Talk

In their video works, Beatrice Gibson and Stéphanie Lagarde explore the themes of parenthood and self-abandonment. In a participatory reading, we will explore excerpts from Annie Ernaux's novel The Frozen Woman, in which the French author tells of her own devotion to family duties. We will approach the works of Lagarde and Gibson through subsequent screenings and discussions.

In Englisch

In the RESONANCES format, we approach different works together with individual VIDEONALE.20 artists. The aim of the format is to expand the resonance space of individual video works. By means of screenings, participatory readings, listening sessions and discussions, we establish connections between various works of the V.20 as well as texts, sound and music.

Opening day 1 ticket required; seats subject to availability: Lists for the RESONANCES will be available at the Videonale kiosk from 11.00 am.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

With Lukas Marxt and Ana María Millán
Talk

In DESERT and VALLEY PRIDE, Ana María Millán and Lukas Marxt deal with the social and ecological effects of resource extraction. Both deal with colonial structures of extraction: Millán focuses on the Colombian desert, Marxt on California. Based on their works, we will talk to the artists about artistic forms of addressing colonization and the exploitation of people and landscapes.

In Englisch

In the RESONANCES format, we approach different works together with individual VIDEONALE.20 artists. The aim of the format is to expand the resonance space of individual video works. By means of screenings, participatory readings, listening sessions and discussions, we establish connections between various works of the V.20 as well as texts, sound and music.

Opening day 1 ticket required; seats subject to availability: Lists for the RESONANCES will be available at the Videonale kiosk from 11.00 am.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

With Anna Zett and Agathe Israel
Talk

In her film ES GIBT KEINE ANGST [Afraid doesn't exist], Anna Zett provides insights into the period of upheaval in Germany between 1986 and 1990: the political and social change from the GDR (German Democratic Republic) to reunification with the Federal Republic of Germany. By interweaving GDR opposition material with poetry and music, the artist addresses the fears and uncertainties of the period of change. In conversation with the psychoanalyst Agathe Israel, we talk about the psychological dimension of these years and how fear and repression shaped the collective and individual experience of reunification.

In Englisch

In the RESONANCES format, we approach different works together with individual VIDEONALE.20 artists. The aim of the format is to expand the resonance space of individual video works. By means of screenings, participatory readings, listening sessions and discussions, we establish connections between various works of the V.20 as well as texts, sound and music.

Opening day 1 ticket required; seats subject to availability: Lists for the RESONANCES will be available at the Videonale kiosk from 11.00 am.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

With Chto Delat
Listening Session and Talk

In the video performance NEZHNOST / TENDERNESS by the collective Chto Delat, four people sway in front of their screens to the rhythm of the Soviet song Neznost, which describes the loneliness of the first cosmonaut in space. Created at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the work responds to the threat of social collapse and invites us to imagine how we would behave if the collapse had already occurred. Together with the collective, we approach the work using the melody and lyrics of Neznost.

In Englisch

In the RESONANCES format, we approach different works together with individual VIDEONALE.20 artists. The aim of the format is to expand the resonance space of individual video works. By means of screenings, participatory readings, listening sessions and discussions, we establish connections between various works of the V.20 as well as texts, sound and music.

Opening day 1 ticket required; seats subject to availability: Lists for the RESONANCES will be available at the Videonale kiosk from 11.00 am.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

With Ida Kammerloch and Stefan Panhans / Andrea Winkler
Reading Session and Talk

In ANIMA OVERDRIVE by Stefan Panhans and Andrea Winkler, a performer raps about the exhaustive cycle of deliveries, from physical goods to abstract concepts. In MEMBRANE OF THE NEW / AREN'T YOU AFRAID TO SWING ON RUSSIAN SWINGS, Ida Kammerloch tells the story of the shuttle trade between Russia and China based on the story of her grandfather. In a participatory reading, the two works are brought into resonance with text excerpts from Heike Geissler's novel Seasonal Associate, in which the author writes about her work for Amazon and the exhaustion and alienation associated with it.

In Englisch

In the RESONANCES format, we approach different works together with individual VIDEONALE.20 artists. The aim of the format is to expand the resonance space of individual video works. By means of screenings, participatory readings, listening sessions and discussions, we establish connections between various works of the V.20 as well as texts, sound and music.

Opening day 1 ticket required; seats subject to availability: Lists for the RESONANCES will be available at the Videonale kiosk from 11.00 am.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

With Paula Erstmann

The drinking pavilion in Bonn's Bad Godesberg district has been serving healing water from the Kurfürstenquelle spring since 1969. The artist Paula Erstmann sets a table for us in the pavilion on Saturday evening and invites us to enjoy everything from healing water aperitifs to local medicinal herbs.

No registration required / free admission

Accessible for wheelchair users / no toilet for wheelchair users

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

In a live performance, artist Mark Bain brings visitors of the Trinkpavillon into physical resonance with the vibrations of the building. To do this, he uses sound waves that can be heard and physically felt. Bain transmits the pavilion's own vibrations using seismic sensors that can register the smallest vibrations. This turns the drinking pavilion into a walk-in musical instrument.

No registration required / free admission

Accessible for wheelchair users / no toilet for wheelchair users

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

We will round off the first opening day of VIDEONALE.20 in the Trinkpavillon together with Treibgut Kollektiv!

No registration required / free admission

Accessible for wheelchair users / no toilet for wheelchair users

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 20:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 1, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 1. Information on registration.

INTRODUCTION BY MARYNA MAKARENKO TO ›WHEN YOU WHISTLE, IT MAKES AIR COME OUT‹

Singing, breatharianism or nervous system regulation: the performance and video artist Maryna Makarenko repeatedly deals with breathing in her work. In her INTRODUCTION, breathing becomes a means of approaching Ana Torfs' video work WHEN YOU WHISTLE, IT MAKES AIR COME OUT. Torfs' installation, whose rhythm is determined by the sound of her breath, is based on Swiss psychologist Piaget's studies on children's ideas of cause and effect. The children's surprising answers to questions such as “Where does the wind come from?” appear as lettering in an old light box. Bilingual.

Ticket opening day 2 required; seats subject to availability: lists for the INTRODUCTIONS will be displayed at the Videonale kiosk from 11:00.

In guided situations, the INTRODUCTIONS offer approaches to artworks of the VIDEONALE.20. The aim of the INTRODUCTIONS is to intensify the holistic perception of video art through various approaches (e.g. physical, linguistic, textual, via sound/music). The new Videonale format was created in collaboration with the dancer and choreographer Anja Bornşek. You can choose between three INTRODUCTIONS.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

INTRODUCTION BY LISA JAMES TO ›SONNE UNTER TAGE‹

SONNE UNTER TAGE [Sun Under Ground] by Mareike Bernien and Alex Gerbaulet is an artistic-filmic research project that addresses the ecological, health and social consequences of uranium mining by Wismut SDAG in Saxony and Thuringia during the GDR era. The INTRODUCTION by artist Lisa James sheds light on the darkness and brings to light fragments of her own memories that are connected to the geographical locations and historical events of SONNE UNTER TAGE. Bilingual.

Ticket opening day 2 required; seats subject to availability: lists for the INTRODUCTIONS will be displayed at the Videonale kiosk from 11:00.

In guided situations, the INTRODUCTIONS offer approaches to artworks of the VIDEONALE.20. The aim of the INTRODUCTIONS is to intensify the holistic perception of video art through various approaches (e.g. physical, linguistic, textual, via sound/music). The new Videonale format was created in collaboration with the dancer and choreographer Anja Bornşek. You can choose between three INTRODUCTIONS.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

INTRODUCTION BY ELSA ARTMANN TO ›A PORTRAIT‹

In A PORTRAIT, eight queer performers step into the spotlight of a large stage one after the other. The conventional separation between character and persona is dissolved and the performers embody what Maggie Nelson calls »the flickering, bewildered places that people actually inhabit«. The INTRODUCTION by Elsa Artmann offers the opportunity to engage with the inside and outside of oneself in preparation for the video.

Ticket opening day 2 required; seats subject to availability: lists for the INTRODUCTIONS will be displayed at the Videonale kiosk from 11:00.

In guided situations, the INTRODUCTIONS offer approaches to artworks of the VIDEONALE.20. The aim of the INTRODUCTIONS is to intensify the holistic perception of video art through various approaches (e.g. physical, linguistic, textual, via sound/music). The new Videonale format was created in collaboration with the dancer and choreographer Anja Bornşek. You can choose between three INTRODUCTIONS.

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

Registration required / Ticket opening day 2 + lunch

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

On the second opening day, we will head out into Bonn's urban space in the afternoon: On three performative city walks along the exhibition stations in Bonn's old town, in the city center and in Bad Godesberg, artistic interventions are waiting for you: from performances in the supermarket to queerfeminist performances in public space to a sound performance in the Bad Godesberg drinking pavilion. Along the way, we will explore the relationship between listening and overhearing, adopt queerfeminist perspectives on urban space and reflect on the invisibility and visibility of different bodies in public.

Registration required / Ticket opening day 2

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

Good bread doesn't need butter? We think so! And great conversations at the foot of the stairs in the foyer.

No registration required / with ticket opening day 2 or exhibition ticket Kunstmuseum Bonn

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

No registration required / with ticket opening day 2 or exhibition ticket Kunstmuseum Bonn

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

No registration required / with ticket opening day 2 or exhibition ticket Kunstmuseum Bonn

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

We will round off the second opening day of VIDEONALE.20 with drinks at Blow Up!

The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Bonn can be visited until 21:00 regardless of the program. Museum admission applies. The program on opening day 2, 11:00–21:00, can be visited with the ticket opening day 2. Information on registration.

No registration required / Admission is free for children and young people up to the age of 18. Museum admission applies for adults.

No registration required / Admission is free for children and young people up to the age of 18. Museum admission applies for adults.

Young people from the Carl-von-Ossietzky-Gymnasium Bonn, the Kaiserin-Theophanu-Schule, Cologne, and the Erzbischöfliches St. Joseph-Gymnasium Rheinbach present works from their exhibition in the foyer and basement.

No registration required / Admission is free for children and young people up to the age of 18. Museum admission applies for adults.