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

Pablo Bronstein, AR

Islamic Culture in Southern Spain - 1000 Years of Celebration. A series of drawings showing designs for a fictional exhibition that will represent, by inverse, the attitudes to the presence of Islamic culture in southern Spain, and ironically play on the idea that Manifesta is utilised as a tool in the cultural dialogue between Europe and northern Africa.