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 15 Barcelona will be taking place in Barcelona and 11 surrounding metropolitan cities

Shelly Nadashi, IL

Audio visual installation at Helmhaus and Literargymnasium Rämibühl

The starting point for this project was the Israeli artist Shelly Nadashi’s translation of a poem taken from Ovid’s Amores, selected and translated in collaboration with high school teacher Margaretha Debrunner. The selected poem is a eulogy to a pet parrot, and in homage Nadashi created an immersive installation of papier-mâché birds, eggs and a nest that provided the setting for an audio play set to automated lights.