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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 16 Ruhr, upcoming
– , Germany
Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
– , Spain
Manifesta 14 Prishtina
– , Kosovo
Manifesta 13 Marseille
– , France
Manifesta 12 Palermo
– , Italy
Manifesta 11 Zurich
– , Switzerland
Manifesta 10 St. Petersburg
– , Russian Federation
Manifesta 9 Genk
– , Belgium
Manifesta 8 Murcia – Cartagena
– , Spain
Manifesta 7 South Tyrol – Trentino
– , Italy
Manifesta 6 Nicosia, Cancelled
Cyprus
Manifesta 5 Donostia-San Sebastian
– , Spain
Manifesta 4 Frankfurt/Main
– , Germany
Manifesta 3 Ljubljana
– , Slovenia
Manifesta 2 Luxembourg
– , Luxembourg
Manifesta 1 Rotterdam
– , Netherlands
Participant

Adel Abdessemed, FR

Adel Abdessemed, La Naissance de MohammedKarlpolpot, 1999. Photo © Manifesta 3.

This work consisting of ink on paper referred to three figures who changed the world order: Muslim prophet Mohammed, German philosopher Karl Marx and Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, all of whom attempted to purify the structure of human existence. By combining these three figures into one, the Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed invented a trinity where spirituality, materialism and violence coalesced into a unique belief system.