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.

Manifesta 13 Marseille was one of the only international biennials to take place during the global pandemic COVID-19, the biennial ended earlier than planned due to the second national lockdown

Chimurenga, ZA

Chimurenga, The Chronic, 2018 © Manifesta 12 / xx

Magazine and public editorial office at Teatro Garibaldi

Chimurenga, founded by Ntone Edjabe in South Africa in 2002, is a Pan-African project which produces a print magazine and provides workspace and a platform for editorial and curatorial activities. . During the course of Manifesta 12 the editorial staff researched and produced a special issue of their quarterly gazette The Chronic, on the theme of circulation and borderlessness.