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.
Jelili Atiku, NG
Jelili Atiku, Festino della Terra (Alaraagbo XIII) 2018. Photo © Manifesta 12 / Francesco Bellina.
Performance and mixed media installation at Palazzo Costantino
This project by Nigerian artist Jelili Atiku is a processional performance that incorporates festival rituals of walking with the transport of plants and soil, sound making and the carrying of sacred sculptural objects, to present allegorical and metaphorical statements on the issues of migration and immigration. Inspired in the procession of Santa Rosalia festival in Palermo as well as from the figure of the ancient religious archetype of the Green Man.