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

Valentina Bonizzi, IT

Digging into archives and communities, Valentina Bonizzi’s (1982, IT) artistic practice incorporates storytelling through film, writing, sound and actions in public spaces to question the politics of representation and narration. Engaged with radical pedagogy, Bonizzi’s work has developed through a long-term friendship with communities in Albania, Palestine, Italy and Scotland.