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 6 was cancelled by the President of the Greek Part of Cyprus
Sislej Xhafa, IT
Sislej Xhafa, Stock Exchange, 2000. Photo © Manifesta 3 / Cankarjev Dom.
Performance at Železniška postaja Ljubljana and Video installation
The Kosovar artist Sislej Xhafa enacted his performance in the railway station of Ljubljana. Looking at the notice-board of departures and arrivals, he announced the information about the trains in the style of a stockbroker on the floor of a busy stock exchange. A video of this performance was shown on the day of the opening of the biennale, together with a new performance.