Manifesta purposely strives to keep its distance from what are often seen as the dominant centres of artistic production, instead seeking fresh and fertile terrain for the mapping of a new cultural topography.
- EditionManifesta 1 Rotterdam
- TitleAfter 1989, how to mediate Europe’s post-communist realities and its gap between former East and West?
- Period–
- LocationRotterdam, Netherlands
- 5 curatorsKatalyn Neray, HU
Rosa Martinez, ES
Viktor Misiano, RU
Andrew Renton, GB
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, CH - 13 venuesThe Kunsthal Rotterdam
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Netherlands Architecture Institute
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Chabot Museum
Villa at Museumpark 9
Rotterdam Centre for the Arts
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Institute for the unstable media
National Institute for Photography
Witte de With, center for contemporary art
The Policegallery
Maritime Museum 'Prins Hendrik' Rotterdam - Participants69 participants of 33 different nationalities
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