Manifesta

Nomadic contemporary art biennial

Manifesta – European Biennial of Contemporary Art

Genre| biennale, focus on contemporary art
Begins| 1994
Frequency| biennial, every two year.
Location(s)| Itinerant
Previous event| Manifesta 15 (2024)
Next event| Manifesta 16 (2026)
Organised by| International Foundation Manifesta
Website| manifesta.org

Manifesta, also known as the European Nomadic Biennial, is a European pan-regional contemporary cultural biennale.[1]

## History

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Manifesta was founded in 1994 by Dutch art historian Hedwig Fijen.[2] The first edition took place in Rotterdam. One of the coordinators in Rotterdam was Thomas Meyer zu Schlochtern of the Rotterdamse Kunststichting.[3] Among the local artists brought into the international scene, were Jeanne van Heeswijk, Bik Van Der Pol, and Joep van Lieshout.[4]

The 2006 edition of Manifesta was set to happen in Nicosia, Cyprus, under the direction of Florian Waldvogel, Mai Abu ElDahab, and Anton Vidokle. In June 2006, Nicosia for Art, the city-run nonprofit organization sponsoring the exhibition, cancelled the event due to political turmoil around the green line of Nicosia.[5]

Previous editions have taken place in Rotterdam (1996), Luxembourg (1998), Ljubljana (2000), Frankfurt (2002), San Sebastián (2004), Nicosia (2006 – cancelled), Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol (2008), Murcia in dialogue with northern Africa (2010), Limburg (2012), Saint Petersburg (2014), Zürich (2016), Palermo (2018),[6] and Marseille (2020 – known as Manifesta 13, it took place despite the COVID-19 pandemic). In 2022, Manifesta is being hosted by Pristina, followed by Barcelona in 2024, and Ruhr in 2026.

The 10th edition of Manifesta in Saint Petersburg in Russia created tensions as the government had just prohibited "gay propaganda".[7]

The 12th edition of Manifesta was held in Palermo, Italy, around the theme "The Planetary Garden. Cultivating Coexistence". The exhibition put forward an interpretation of the city's history as the expression of a syncretism of cultures across the Mediterranean. The curators used the idea of the garden as a metaphor on how it might be possible to aggregate differences and to compose life out of movement and migration.[8]

After the cancellation of Manifesta 13 (planned to have been held in Marseille) due to Covid19, Manifesta 14 was held in Pristina, Kosovo, in 2022.[9][10]

## Education

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Manifesta's Education and Mediation programme is a part of each Manifesta Biennial. The education team is among the first to begin developing programmes in Manifesta's host cities. The programmes created by the team are derived from conversations, extensive field research and sociocultural and educational mapping.

The programme is developed collaboratively with artists and associations of the host city and includes projects that are educational, curatorial, artistic, research-based, and accessible to everyone. The education team is responsible for developing a discursive mediation and a critical perspective on the curatorial project. Additionally the team creates a set of interrelated research-and-practice-based programmes focussed on local knowledge and practices.[11]

## Editions

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Year  | Edition  | Place  | Theme  | Curated by  |

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1996  | 1st  | Rotterdam |  | Katalyn Neray
Rosa Martinez
Viktor Misiano
Andrew Renton
Hans-Ulrich Obrist |
1998  | 2nd  | Luxembourg |  | Robert Fleck
Maria Lind
Barbara Vanderlinden |
2000  | 3rd  | Ljubljana | "Borderline Syndrome. Energies of Defence"  | Francesco Bonami
Ole Bouman
Maria Hlavajová
Kathrin Rhomberg  |
2002  | 4th  | Frankfurt |  | Iara Boubnova
Nuria Enguita Mayo
Stéphanie Moisdon |
2004  | 5th  | San Sebastián |  | Massimiliano Gioni
Marta Kuzma |
2006  | 6th  | Nicosia | Cancelled[5] | Florian Waldvogel
Mai Abu ElDahab
Anton Vidokle |
2008  | 7th  | Franzensfeste

Bolzano

Trento

Rovereto

| "100 Miles in 100 Days"[12] | Adam Budak

Anselm Franke
Hila Peleg

Raqs Media Collective

2010  | 8th  | Murcia |  | Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF)
Chamber of Public Secrets (CPS)
tranzit.org  |
2012  | 9th  | Genk |  | Cuauhtémoc Medina
Dawn Adès
Katerina Gregos  |
2014  | 10th  | Saint Petersburg |  | Kasper König[7][13] |
2016  | 11th  | Zurich | "What People Do for Money: Some Joint Ventures"  | Christian Jankowski
Francesca Gavin[14] |
2018  | 12th  | Palermo | "The Planetary Garden. Cultivating Coexistence"  | Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli
Mirjam Varadinis
Andrés Jaque
Bregtje van der Haak  |
2020  | 13th | Marseille[15][16] | Indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Alya Sebti, Katerina Chuchalina, Stefan Kalmár |
2022  | 14th  | Pristina[17] | "It matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise"  | Catherine Nichols
Carlo Ratti |
2024  | 15th  | Barcelona[18] | "Balancing Conflicts", "Cure and Care" and "Imagining Futures"  | Sergio Pardo López

Filipa Oliveira

2026  | 16th  | Ruhr |  | Josep Bohigas  |

## Ownership

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The Manifesta Biennial is owned and organized by Amsterdam-based International Foundation Manifesta (IFM).

## References

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1. ^ Schroeder, Mariana (15 October 2010). "Touching the Taboo". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
2. ^ "art Archives". Luxwing. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
3. ^ Manifesta – Volume 1. Foundation European Art Manifestation, 1996.
4. ^ Vanderlinden & Filipovic (2006, p. 208).
5. ^ a b Augustine Zenakos (7 June 2006). "Manifesta no more". Artnet.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
6. ^ Roberto Brunelli (31 August 2018). "Diario palermitano #1 | Alla scoperta di Manifesta12: Garden Of Flows" (in Italian). Retrieved 23 December 2023.
7. ^ a b Coline Milliard (30 April 2014). "Controversial Manifesta 10 Organizers Condemn Artists Boycotts". Artnet.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
8. ^ Saraceno, V. (8 May 2018). "Manifesta 12 Palermo Concept: The Planetary Garden. Cultivating Coexistence". m12.manifesta.org.
9. ^ "manifesta 14 prishtina 2022". manifesta14.org. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
10. ^ "Manifesta 14 reinvigorates neglected spaces in Kosovo's capital". www.economist.com. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
11. ^ "The Head of Education of Manifesta coordinates the development, implementation and monitoring of the education program of Manifesta". Biennial Foundation. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
12. ^ "Italian Hours". Artforum.com. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
13. ^ Adrian Searle (30 June 2014). "The art world takes on Russia's regressive LGBT laws at Manifesta 10". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
14. ^ Tess Thackara (5 April 2016). "Michel Houellebecq and the Zurich Fire Brigade Are Among Unlikely Artists of Manifesta 11". Artsy.net. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
15. ^ Mark Robert (6 May 2016). "Marseilles to host Manifesta in 2020". Theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
16. ^ "Manifesta 13 Marseille – The European Nomadic Biennial". Retrieved 28 March 2020.
17. ^ "Manifesta 14 to be hosted in Pristina, Kosovo, in 2022 « MANIFESTA". Retrieved 3 May 2019.
18. ^ "Manifesta 15 in Barcelona". Retrieved 5 September 2024.

## Further reading

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* Vanderlinden, Barbara; Filipovic, Elena, eds. (2006). The Manifesta Decade; Debates on Contemporary Art Exhibitions and Biennials in Post-Wall Europe. Brussels: Roomade. ISBN 9780262220767.

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