2020Solidarity
from April 2020
Over fifty international artists came together to design one poster each, which was offered on different crowdfunding sites as a gift for donations. 2020Solidarity was a Between Bridges project which ran from 9 April until 10 August 2020, aimed at helping cultural and music venues, community projects, independent spaces and publications that are existentially threatened by the current crisis. Between Bridges did not sell these posters, instead we organised, printed and distributed them to organisations in need free of charge. The posters were included in crowdfunding and other campaigns of 98 organisations in 21 countries. The posters were listed as a reward for a 50€ / £50 / $50 donation and are sized A2 (59.4 x 42 cm / 23.4 x 16.5 in). An unlimited edition, only available for a limited period of time.
Posters by Tomma Abts, Felipe Baeza, Peter Berlin, Alexandra Bircken, Melanie Bonajo, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Simon Denny, Marlene Dumas, Claire Nicole Egan and Bobby Glew, William Eggleston, Nicole Eisenman, Elmgreen & Dragset, Stefan Fähler, Heike Karin Föll, Isa Genzken, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Wade Guyton, Rachel Harrison, Peter Hujar, Pierre Huyghe, Anne Imhof, Özgur Kar, Scot King, Jeff Koons, Mark Leckey, Jochen Lempert, Glenn Ligon, David Lindert, Ralf Marsault and Heino Muller (25/34 Photographers), Sabelo Mlangeni, Daidō Moriyama, Ebecho Muslimova, Piotr Nathan, Henrik Olesen, Raymond Pettibon, Elizabeth Peyton, Thao Nguyen Phan, Seth Price, Karol Radziszewski, Spyros Rennt, Thomas Ruff, Anri Sala, Jacolby Satterwhite, Heji Shin, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Betty Tompkins, Luc Tuymans, Stewart Uoo, Gillian Wearing, Carrie Mae Weems, James Welling, David Wojnarowicz and Tom Warren, Ming Wong, Christopher Wool.
Limited edition prints by Stefan Fähler, Karl Holmqvist, Klara Lidén, Wolfgang Tillman, Eric Kostiuk Williams.
Thank you to everyone who supported the project!
Previously participating organisations:
254Forest x C12 x Fontainas (Brussels)
5rooms (Seoul)
ACUD (Berlin)
After8 Books (Paris)
amala (Tokyo)
Art Technicians Emergency Fund (UK)
Arte 22 Gallery (Seoul)
Artists Space (New York City)
Artist Relief Fund Vol.2 (Bulgaria)
Asakusa (Tokyo)
Athens x Between Bridges: 2020Solidarity (Athens)
Ballez (Brooklyn)
Black Tower Projects (London)
Blank Forms (Brooklyn)
Block 336 (London)
Block Universe (London)
Bureaucracy Studies (Lausanne)
Casa Corona (Seoul)
Cafe OTO (London)
Callen Lorde (New York City)
Candid Arts Trust (London)
CCA Wattis Institute (San Francisco)
CCCCCOMA (Berlin)
The Chateau (London)
Clinic (Tokyo)
Daitokai Books (Tokyo)
De Balie (Amsterdam)
Deeper Into Movies (London)
E-Werk (Luckenwalde)
Ediciones Originales (Barcelona)
ExBerliner (Berlin)
Five Years (London)
Fluc (Vienna)
Gängeviertel (Hamburg)
Golden Gate (Berlin)
Goswell Road (Paris)
Griessmühle (Berlin)
Hausen e.V. (Lychen)
Heart n Soul (London)
HIV i-Base (London)
Hong Kong Collective Independent Art Spaces (Hong Kong)
The Horse Hospital (London)
Hospital Rooms (UK)
OXTΩ/EIGHT (Athens)
IACK (Kanazawa)
Iklectik (London)
International Studio & Curatorial Program (New York City)
Intoart (London)
Kunst im Quadrat (Munich)
Kunstfort bij Vijfhuizen (Vijfhuizen)
The Lab (San Francisco)
Leporello + Fanfulla (Rome)
LVDB Books (Tokyo)
MARQUISE (Lisbon)
MD Bar (Cologne)
Memphis Rox (Memphis)
Micamera (Milan)
Migrate Art (London)
Montos Tattoo (Vilnius)
Obszar Wspólny (Łódź)
OUTMemphis (Memphis)
Paloma (Berlin)
Perdu (Amsterdam)
Pioneer Works (Brooklyn)
Poetry School (London)
Pogłos (Warsaw)
POST (Tokyo)
Primary Information (Brooklyn)
Raze Collective (London)
SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin)
Siegessäule (Berlin)
SHABI_Work_Shop (Seoul)
Shimmer (Rotterdam)
Social Convention (London)
St. Mungo's (London)
Stable (Washington D.C.)
Studio of Young Artists' Association and Trafó Gallery (Budapest)
Support Nightlife NYC (New York City)
Ta(r)dino 6 (Baku, Azerbaijan)
Tenderbooks (London)
Thanks for nothing (Paris)
The Cause (London)
Torch Press (Tokyo)
twelvebooks (Tokyo)
Unity x Rainforest Foundation (London)
Utrecht (Tokyo)
Visual AIDS (New York City)
Das Wetter (Berlin)
WHOLE | United Queer Festival (Germany)
Wilde Renate (Berlin)
ZAM Magazine (Amsterdam)
Selected press on 2020Solidarity:
Duncan Harrison, Between Bridges’ 2020Solidarity project is helping clubs and venues fundraise through prints, CRACK Magazine, 25 June 2020 (EN)
Ethan Herlock, Support Nightlife NYC is raising money for queer nightlife collectives across New York, The Face, 25 June 2020 (EN)
Andrea K. Scott, 2020Solidarity posters, The New Yorker, 18 May 2020 (online), 25 May 2020 (print) (EN)
Andrea Whittle, Wolfgang Tillmans’s 2020Solidarity Project Approaches Aid in a New Way, wmagazine.com, 30 April 2020 (EN)
Huw Oliver, Top artists are selling posters to support struggling venues, timeout.com, 22 April 2020 (EN)
Jens Bisky, & Catrin Lorch, Was verloren geht, könnte für immer verloren sein, sueddeutsche.de, 21 April 2020 (DE)
Lanre Bakare, Wolfgang Tillmans enlists artists to help venues threatened by Covid-19, theguardian.com, 21 April 2020 (EN)
Vladimir Balzar, Kunstplakate für bedrohte Kulturprojekte, deutschlandfunkkultur.de, 26 April 2020 (Audio) (DE)
Helga Marsala, Poster d’artista per chi è in difficoltà. Due progetti solidali tra Milano e Berlino, artribune.com, 9 May 2020 (IT)
Vogue Italia (Editorial), www.vogue.it, 21 April 2020 (EN)
Bishara, Hakim, Wolfgang Tillmans Gets Artists to Sell $50 Posters for Global Fundraiser, hyperallergic.com, 23rd April 2020 (EN)
Carlos Hawthorn, 40 artists, including Wolfgang Tillmans and Andreas Gursky, donate posters to venues and projects hit by pandemic, residentadvisor.net, 27 April 2020 (EN)