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.
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Soo-Ja Kim, KR
Kimsooja, Deductive Objects, 1996. Photo © Manifesta 1 / Jannes Linders.
Multimedia installation at the café of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Courtesy of Raffaella Cortese Gallery, Milan.
South Korean artist Kimsooja used colourful Korean bed coverings which were traditionally given to newly married couples as a promise of long life and happiness. For Manifesta 1, she placed these textiles in a new context, using them to dress all the tables of the restaurant of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, where she served homemade traditional Korean food, accompanied by music.