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
Piotr Jaros, PL
Piotr Jaros, Urschleim, 1996. Photo © Manifesta 1 / Jannes Linders.
Photographs at the Kunsthal Rotterdam
The larger-than-life black and white photographs in Polish artist Piotr Jaros’ series Embracing showed people at once ordinary and extraordinary, in a tender relationship with each other, their sexual identity and position undefined. Their staged poses indicated a certain ceremonial purpose though this purpose was not explicit.