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.
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Maarten Vanden Eynde, BE
Maarten Vanden Eynde, Plastic Reef, 2008-2012 © Manifesta 9 / Kristof Vrancken.
This sculpture by artist Maarten Vanden Eynde was made from melted plastic debris collected from all the five-world ocean’s “gyres”, a system of rotating ocean currents, predominantly caused by significant wind movements. The work constituted a commentary on the issue of plastic pollution in the oceans as well as a reference to the disappearance of coral reefs.