Sunshine State is the latest work by Oscar-winning filmmaker and Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen. The artwork is commissioned by IFFR (part of IFFR's Art Directions program) and is presented in collaboration with The Droom en Daad Foundation and Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, where it will be on view from January 26 through February 12, 2023. It is the first exhibition to be presented in the main hall on the fifth floor in the depot since the depot opened in November 2021.
Sunshine State is McQueen's first new installation since his Year 3 artwork at Tate Britain in 2019. The work is a multichannel video project consisting of two screens placed side by side. The work starts with a blazing sun unraveling, while alongside it, images appear and are analyzed from the musical drama The Jazz Singer (1927), starring famed singer Al Jolson. The film is known as the first "talkie" in film history that used synchronized dialogue.
