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

Nora Turato, HR

Performance, mixed media installation at Oratori di San Lorenzo

The project retraced the subtle legacy of women in Sicily - the “doñas de fuera”, literally ‘” women from the outside” - that came to be considered as outcasts by the Spanish Inquisition because of their powers and unconventional behaviours. In this performativeinstallationCroatian artist Nora Turato established a space ‘from outside’haunted by the mumblings and mutterings of unspoken narratives, popular myths, platitudes, and expressions of resistance.