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 took place in Barcelona and 11 surrounding cities ot its metropolitan region.
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Kiluanji Kia Henda, AO
The Frankenstein Tree, 2024 © Kiluanji Kia Henda. Photo © Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana / Ivan Erofeev.
Kiluanji Kia Henda lives and works in Luanda. In his practice, he uses art as a means of transmitting and constructing history, exploring photography, video, performance, installations, object-sculpture, music and avant-garde theatre as ways of materialising fictional narratives and shifting facts to different temporalities and struggles. Using humour and irony, the artist represents the complexity of themes such as identity, politics and perceptions of post-independence and modernity in Africa. Working in perverted complicity with historical legacy, he sees the process of appropriation and manipulation of public spaces and structures as different constructions of the collective memory. Kia Henda is also the co-founder of KinoYetu, an association that promotes the arts, focusing on filmmaking. Aiming to foster platforms where cinema and the visual arts are a vehicle for the production of knowledge, KinoYetu finances specific projects and engages in strategic partnerships to promote cinematography and visual arts.