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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Aslı Çavuşoğlu, TR
Asli Çavuşoğlu, Muthoscapes, 2016 © Manifesta 11 / Wolfgang Traeger.
This project by the Turkish artist Asli Çavuşoğlu explored the link between landscape and nationalist narratives by amassing a collection of utopian paintings of Swiss landscapes from antique stores and flea markets. The paintings were examined and X-rayed by art conservator Evren Kıvançer who then used restoration techniques to remove layers of varnish, revealing what lay beneath the surface.