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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 17 Coimbra | Anozero, upcoming
Portugal
Manifesta 16 Ruhr
– , 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

Jean-Marc Superville Sovak, CA

Jean-Marc Superville Sovak, It can’t Last, no Rush, 2010 © Manifesta 8/Ilya Rabinovich

Installation at Arqua National Museum of Underwater Archaeology in Cartagena

It has been said that under every church in Spain lies a mosque. Canadian artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak conceived of this installation as a monument to impermanence. Using clay from the Murcia region, he made sun-dried bricks, each stamped with the word “EMPIRE.” The bricks were stacked in a precarious pile, a reminder that empires come and go.