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 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.
John Gerrard, Farm (Council Bluffs, Iowa), 2015 © John Gerrard / Photo Courtesy: Pace Gallery. Collection Bernhard Chwatal, Vienna
Video simulation at Palazzo Ajutamicristo
For Manifesta 12, Irish artist John Gerrard created a portrait of a major data centre in the US. The building depicted was created by the company Google to house many many thousands of internet servers and to process a significant portion of the global information load. Working with a team of modellers and technicians, the artist made the hyper-realistic simulated structure by hand.