Jonas Staal

Jonas Staal is a visual artist whose work deals with the relation between art, propaganda and democracy. He is the founder of the artistic and political organisation New World Summit (2012–ongoing). Together with Florian Malzacher he co-directs the training camp Training for the Future (2018–ongoing), and with Jan Fermon he initiated the collective action lawsuit Collectivize Facebook (2020–ongoing). With 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. His projects have been exhibited widely at the 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.