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.
Oksana Pasaiko, RU
Oksana Pasaiko, Please don’t leave me (A Re-enactment), 2004 © Manifesta 5.
Mural at Casa Ciriza
The mural, reading "Please don't leave me" in Cyrillic, was a re-enactment of Bas Jan Ader's original work from 1969. Although Russian artist Oksana Pasaiko would resist any interpretation, the statement had a visceral power relating to our primal fear of being left alone.