Based on a model of co-creation, we connect local, regional, European and global cities, citizens and communities to create interdisciplinary and cultural programmes.

We stimulate experiments and adopt ground-breaking and unconventional methods, always through artistic projects, imaginative language, architecture and urbanism.

We are nomadic, operating every two years from the perspective of a different European Host City. By embedding Manifesta into the social and cultural realities of the Host Cities, we constantly transform and adapt our practices and methods.

We aim to be inclusive, open-minded, diverse, and green to uphold a culture of equality in all our programmes, people and procedures.

We help imagine alternative and sustainable futures for European cities through our research in real-life contexts. We are knowledge- driven, producing activities by questioning existing social, urban, cultural and political conventions.

Whether the perspective is geographical, historical, political or cultural, the definition of Europe changes continuously. As an experimental, knowledge producing biennial, Manifesta has through the years counteracted the production of Eurocentric or Western- centric canons.

We work with our Host Cities to develop a long-term, green and sustainable legacy for our programme and partnerships.

We are a public-private foundation so we have a duty to the public to be transparent and accountable, and to always act in the public interest.

Every edition is a partnership of co-creation between the Host City and Manifesta, this mutual commitment results in a relationship of 'engaged autonomy', enabling us to challenge and improve cultural policies and institutions in the long term.