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  • 29 April 2025
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr announces its urban conceptual framework
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    At a press conference organised in Essen, Germany on the 29th of April 2025, Manifesta 16 Ruhr’s director Hedwig Fijen …

  • 27 April 2025
    Join the Manifesta 16 Ruhr Citizen Consultations
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    Every two years Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, is organised in a different Host City or Region in Europe. It …

  • 3 April 2025
    Looking back at Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana closed its doors on Sunday the 24th of November 2024 after its successful 12 week period.

  • 26 March 2025
    Join the Manifesta 16 Ruhr team
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    Manifesta continues to redefine the relationship between culture and society, using contemporary art as a catalyst for positive social change …

  • 8 March 2025
    This is not a church: Manifesta 16 Ruhr …
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    As part of the pre-biennial research process Manifesta 16 Ruhr organised the interdisciplinary workshop This is not a church: future …

  • 12 February 2025
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr holds first Urban Vision Workshop
    Manifesta 16 Ruhr

    On February 5th, 2025, Manifesta 16 Ruhr held its first Urban Vision Workshop, marking a significant milestone on the path …

  • 14 January 2025
    Casa Gomis Acquired by Ministry of Culture: A …
    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

    Yesterday, Spanish Minister of Culture Ernest Urtasun announced the Ministry’s acquisition of Casa Gomis, ensuring its preservation as a cultural …

  • 2024
  • 18 November 2024
    Final Days of Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
    Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana

    With just one week remaining, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana has almost reached 250,000 visits. Spanning 15 unique venues across 12 …

News, 11 October 2024

Manifesta 16 Ruhr 2026 announces urbanist Josep Bohigas as First Creative Mediator

Related to Manifesta 16 Ruhr

Manifesta 16 Ruhr, taking place in 2026 in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia, has selected the Catalan architect and urbanist Josep Bohigas as its First Creative Mediator. Bohigas will start working this autumn on creating an urban vision which is part of the pre-biennial research process. The urban vision strives to analyse the present and historical situation of the Ruhr area from an urban, peripheral perspective to create connectivity between public spaces which are in constant transformation. The Ruhr area has always been one of the most important East-West trade corridors in Europe due to its central continental location. The urban vision is a site-specific research contextualised by current geo-political developments, such as the rise of populism and the impact of neoliberal restructuring after the fall of the Iron Curtain. It will examine the effect of the changing world orders from a regional as well as global perspective, including investigating how new identities can be formed in post-industrial landscapes and can find new urban solutions to the shifting social fabric.

Josep Bohigas has been selected to become the First Creative Mediator of Manifesta 16 Ruhr based on his contribution to urban changes in creating alternative solutions for social cohesion and oversaturated urban spaces in Barcelona and its metropolitan region, which could serve as an inspiration for the Ruhr area (such as the concept of the Superblocks).

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