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'''Jonas Staal''' (1981, Zwolle)  is an  artist and founder of the artistic and political organization ''New World Summit'' (2012-ongoing),  the educational  platform  ''New World Academy'' (co-founded with BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, 2013-16), and the campaign ''New Unions'' (2016-ongoing). He studied  monumental art at the AKI academy in Enschede and the SMFA in Boston and received his PhD for his dissertation on ''Propaganda Art'' from Leiden University (2018). Staal’s work includes interventions in public space, exhibitions, theater plays, publications,  and lectures,  focusing  on  the relationship  between  art,  democracy, and propaganda. He lives in [[Rotterdam]].
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'''Jonas Staal''' is a visual artist whose work deals with the relation between art, democracy, and propaganda. He is the founder of the artistic and political organization ''New World Summit'' (2012–ongoing). Together with Florian Malzacher he co-directs the training camp ''Training for the Future'' (2018-ongoing), and with human rights lawyer Jan Fermon he initiated the collective action lawsuit ''Collectivize Facebook'' (2020-ongoing). With writer and lawyer Radha D’Souza he founded the ''Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes'' (2021-ongoing) and with Laure Prouvost he is co-administrator of the ''Obscure Union''.
  
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Recent solo exhibitions include ''Art of the Stateless State'' (Moderna Galerija,  Ljubljana,  2015),  ''New World  Academy''  (BAK-Centraal  Mu-seum,  Utrecht,  2015)  and  ''After  Europe''  (State  of  Concept,  Athens,  2016).  His  projects  have  been  exhibited  widely,  among  others  at  the  7th  Berlin  Biennial  (2012),  the  31st  São  Paulo  Biennale  (2014),  the  Oslo  Architecture  Triennial  (2016),  and  the  Göthenburg  Biennial  (2017).  Staal’s  works  are  represented  in  the  collections  of,  amongst  others, the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Kadist Art Foundation, Paris; and the Migros Museum, Zürich.
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Recent  books  include ''Nosso Lar, Brasília'' (Jap Sam Books, 2014) and ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18423 Stateless Democracy]'' (BAK, 2015). The artist is a regular contributor to ''e-flux'' journal and his writings further appeared in ''Art Papers, Parse Journal, de Groene Amsterdammer'' and ''NRC Handelsblad''. Staal is a member of the Academy of Arts, part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
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Exhibition-projects include ''Museum as Parliament'' (with the Democratic Self-Administration of Rojava, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2018-ongoing), ''We Demand a Million More Years'' (Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, 2022) and ''Extinction Wars'' (with Radha D'Souza, Gwangju Museum of Art, 2023). His projects have been exhibited widely at venues such as the V&A in London, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, M_HKA in Antwerp, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Centre Pompidou-Metz and the Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul, as well as the 7th Berlin Biennale, the 31st São Paulo Biennale and the 12th Taipei Biennale.
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Publications include ''Nosso Lar, Brasília'' (Jap Sam Books, 2014), ''Stateless Democracy'' (with co-editors Dilar Dirik and Renée In der Maur, BAK, 2015), ''Steve Bannon: A Propaganda Retrospective'' (Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2018), Propaganda Art in the 21st Century (The MIT Press, 2019), and ''Training for the Future Handbook'' (with co-editor Florian Malzacher, Sternberg Press, 2021). Staal completed his PhD research on propaganda art at the PhDArts program of Leiden University, the Netherlands. [http://www.jonasstaal.nl/about/ (2023)]
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== Publications ==
  
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* with Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=5373 Democratism: An Introduction to Five Models of Civil Protest]'', 2009, 24 pp. {{en}}/{{jp}}
 
* with Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=5373 Democratism: An Introduction to Five Models of Civil Protest]'', 2009, 24 pp. {{en}}/{{jp}}
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* ''[[Media:Staal_Jonas_Post-Propaganda_2010.pdf|Post-Propaganda]]'', Amsterdam: Netherlands Foundation for the Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB), 2010, 97 pp.
 
* ''[[Media:Staal_Jonas_Post-Propaganda_2010.pdf|Post-Propaganda]]'', Amsterdam: Netherlands Foundation for the Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB), 2010, 97 pp.
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=2730 Art, Property of Politics]'', 2 vols., 2010. {{en}}/{{nl}}
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=2730 Art, Property of Politics]'', 2 vols., 2010. {{en}}/{{nl}}
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* ''[[Media:Staal_Jonas_Power_To_Which_People_2010.pdf|Power?... To Which People?!]]'', Heijningen: Jap Sam Books, 2010, 228 pp.  
 
* ''[[Media:Staal_Jonas_Power_To_Which_People_2010.pdf|Power?... To Which People?!]]'', Heijningen: Jap Sam Books, 2010, 228 pp.  
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* editor, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=12804 New World Academy Reader, 3: Leaderless Politics, with International Pirate Parties]'', Utrecht: BAK, 2013, 146 pp.
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* ''Nosso Lar, Brasília'', Jap Sam Books, 2014.
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* ''Closed Architecture'', Eindhoven: Onomatopee, 2011. [https://www.onomatopee.net/exhibition/closed-architecture-gesloten-architectuur/ Publisher]. {{nl}}/{{en}}
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* editor, with Renée In der Maur, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18423 New World Academy Reader, 5: Stateless Democracy]'', Utrecht: BAK, 2015, 256 pp.
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* editor, with Jose Maria Sison, ''[http://www.jonasstaal.nl/site/assets/files/1177/nwa1_towards_a_peoples_culture.pdf Towards a People's Culture]'', Utrecht: BAK, 2013.
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* editor, with We Are Here, ''[http://www.jonasstaal.nl/site/assets/files/1178/nwa2_lost-_in_between_together.pdf Lost. In Between. Together]'', Utrecht: BAK, 2013.
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* editor, with Dirk Poot, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=12804 Leaderless Politics, with International Pirate Parties]'', Utrecht: BAK (New World Academy Reader, 3), 2013, 146 pp.
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* ''Nosso Lar, Brasília'', Jap Sam Books, 2014. [https://www.japsambooks.nl/products/nosso-lar-brasilia Publisher].
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* editor, with with Moussa Ag Assarid, ''[http://www.jonasstaal.nl/site/assets/files/1051/nwa4_the_art_of_creating_a_state.pdf The Art of Creating a State]'', Utrecht: BAK, 2014.
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* editor, with Renée In der Maur, ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18423 Stateless Democracy]'', Utrecht: BAK (New World Academy Reader, 5), 2015, 256 pp.
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* ''[http://www.jonasstaal.nl/site/assets/files/1521/new_worlds.pdf New Worlds]'', Oslo: KORO/URO, 2016.
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* [http://www.e-flux.com/journal/80/100465/assemblism/ "Assemblism"], ''e-flux'' 80, Mar 2017.
 
* [http://www.e-flux.com/journal/80/100465/assemblism/ "Assemblism"], ''e-flux'' 80, Mar 2017.
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=20203 Propaganda Art from the 20th to the 21st Century]'', Leiden: Leiden University, 2018, 425 pp. PhD dissertation.
 
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* ''Propaganda Art in the 21st Century'', MIT Press, 2019, 240 pp. [https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/propaganda-art-21st-century]
 
  
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* ''[http://www.jonasstaal.nl/site/assets/files/1850/stevebannon_def.pdf Steve Bannon: A Propaganda Retrospective]'', Rotterdam: Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2018, 88 pp.
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* http://www.jonasstaal.nl
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* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Staal
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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=22934 Propaganda Art in the 21st Century]'', MIT Press, 2019, 230 pp. Based on [https://monoskop.org/log/?p=20203 PhD thesis] (Leiden University, 2018).
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* editor, with Florian Malzacher, ''Training for the Future: Handbook'', Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2021, 320 pp. [https://trainingforthefuture.org/ Project]. [https://www.sternberg-press.com/product/training-for-the-future/ Publisher]. [http://www.jonasstaal.nl/projects/training-for-the-future/] [https://mitpress.mit.edu/9783956796289/training-for-the-future/]
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== Interviews ==
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* Karel Veselý, [https://a2larm.cz/2024/02/potrebujeme-propagandu-abychom-s-ni-mohli-vytvorit-spravedlivejsi-svet-rika-propagandisticky-umelec-jonas-staal/ "„Potřebujeme propagandu, abychom s ní mohli vytvořit spravedlivější svět,“ říká propagandistický umělec Jonas Staal"], ''A2larm'', 5 Feb 2024. {{cz}}
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== Links ==
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* [http://www.jonasstaal.nl/ Website]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Staal Wikipedia]
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Latest revision as of 22:12, 20 February 2024

Jonas Staal is a visual artist whose work deals with the relation between art, democracy, and propaganda. He is the founder of the artistic and political organization New World Summit (2012–ongoing). Together with Florian Malzacher he co-directs the training camp Training for the Future (2018-ongoing), and with human rights lawyer Jan Fermon he initiated the collective action lawsuit Collectivize Facebook (2020-ongoing). With writer and lawyer Radha D’Souza he founded the Court for Intergenerational Climate Crimes (2021-ongoing) and with Laure Prouvost he is co-administrator of the Obscure Union.

Exhibition-projects include Museum as Parliament (with the Democratic Self-Administration of Rojava, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2018-ongoing), We Demand a Million More Years (Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, 2022) and Extinction Wars (with Radha D'Souza, Gwangju Museum of Art, 2023). His projects have been exhibited widely at venues such as the V&A in London, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, M_HKA in Antwerp, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Centre Pompidou-Metz and the Nam June Paik Art Center in Seoul, as well as the 7th Berlin Biennale, the 31st São Paulo Biennale and the 12th Taipei Biennale.

Publications include Nosso Lar, Brasília (Jap Sam Books, 2014), Stateless Democracy (with co-editors Dilar Dirik and Renée In der Maur, BAK, 2015), Steve Bannon: A Propaganda Retrospective (Het Nieuwe Instituut, 2018), Propaganda Art in the 21st Century (The MIT Press, 2019), and Training for the Future Handbook (with co-editor Florian Malzacher, Sternberg Press, 2021). Staal completed his PhD research on propaganda art at the PhDArts program of Leiden University, the Netherlands. (2023)

Publications[edit]

  • Post-Propaganda, Amsterdam: Netherlands Foundation for the Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB), 2010, 97 pp.
  • Closed Architecture, Eindhoven: Onomatopee, 2011. Publisher. (Dutch)/(English)
  • Nosso Lar, Brasília, Jap Sam Books, 2014. Publisher.
  • editor, with Renée In der Maur, Stateless Democracy, Utrecht: BAK (New World Academy Reader, 5), 2015, 256 pp.
  • editor, with Florian Malzacher, Training for the Future: Handbook, Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2021, 320 pp. Project. Publisher. [1] [2]

Interviews[edit]

Links[edit]

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