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.
Participant
Lilli Lake, DE
Rhythm looks for two, 2026 © Lilli Lake. Photo © Manifesta 16 Ruhr / Rainer Schlautmann.
Working across sculpture, sound, text, and moving image, Lilli Lake unsettles habitual structures, allowing multiple perspectives including the importance of pauses in relation to noise. Within her practice, found objects and architectural elements are reconfigured and transformed through the use of poetry and displacement.