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.
Bert Theis, Independent Sub-Curator project, 1998 © Roman Mensing
Project at Casino Luxembourg, Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg and Trier
In an humorous and unpretentious manner Italian/Luxembourger artist Bert Theis questioned the experience of art and the role of museums. The project consisted, on the one hand, of a workshop about Manifesta 2 and art-making. On the other hand, the artist organised the so called "Dialectical Leap": a thirty-minute trip on a shuttle bus that took participants to the Karl Marx House in Trier, Germany.