The organizers of Manifesta have announced the program and named the eighty-five artists and collectives participating in the peripatetic biennial’s fifteenth iteration, set to take place in Barcelona September 8–November 24. The event will investigate the region’s built and natural environs and their relation to one another and to the world at large, with a focus on how they might be improved.
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Spanning sixteen venues and twelve cities in the Barcelona metropolitan area, the edition is being overseen by director Hedwig Fijen, Portuguese curator Filipa Oliveira, and eleven representatives, each from one of the participating cities. Manifesta 15 will be broken out into three thematic and geographic sections: “Balancing Conflicts” (Llobregat Delta), “Cure and Care” (Collserola Mountain Range and the Vallès area), and “Imagining Futures” (Besòs River and the northeastern coastline). As well, each participating city will be the subject of a so-called Focus Week. The municipalities will have the opportunity to display their cultural power through a series of special events, exhibitions, and public activities.
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While the onetime Gustavo Gili publishing house in Barcelona will serve as the exhibition’s main venue, “Balancing Conflicts” will be staged in Casa Gomis, a private villa dating to 1963 and designed by Catalan architect Antonio Bonet; “Cure and Care” will be mounted in the ninth-century Monastery of Sant Cugat; and “Imagining Futures” will take place in Tres Xemenies (The Three Chimneys), relics of a vacated 1970s thermal power station occupying the coast between Barcelona and Badalona.
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A full list of participating artists is below.
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Gustavo Gili
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Anaïs Florin (1987, FR/ES) *
Claudia Pagès (1990, ES) *
Ariadna Guiteras & Diversorium (1986, ES; Collective, based in ES) *
Fernando Sánchez Castillo (1970, ES) *
Germán Labrador Méndez (1980, ES) *
Lorenzo Sandoval (1980, ES)
Massa Salvatge & Lluc Mayol (Collective, based in ES; 1970, ES) *
Paisanaje (Collective, based in ES) * / ***
Tania Safura Adam (1979, MZ/ES) *
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“Balancing Conflicts”
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Ana Mendieta (1948 – 1985, CU/US) ***
Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan (Collective, based in AT/RO)
Annette Barcelo (1943, CH)
Antoni Tàpies (1923 – 2012, ES)
Binta Diaw (1995, SN/IT) **
Carlos Pérez Siquier (1930-2021, ES)
Elmo Vermijs (1982, NL) **
Embassy of the North Sea (Collective, international) *
Enrique Ramírez (1979, CL)
Felipe Romero Beltrán (1992, CO)
Fina Miralles (1950, ES)
Gözde İlkin (1981, TR)
Ira Lupu (1990, UA)
Katja Novitskova (1984, EE) **
La Casa dels Futurs (Collective, based in ES) *
Larry Achiampong (1984, GH/GB) **
Lin May Saeed (1973-2023, DE)
Lola Lasurt (1983, ES) *
Magda Bolumar (1936, ES)
Manuel Chavajay (1982, GT)
Matías Daporta (1987, ES) *
Moisès Villèlia (1928 – 1994, ES)
Paisanaje (Collective, based in ES) * / ***
Ruta Putramentaite (1989, LT)
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“Cure and Care”
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Ana Mendieta (1948 – 1985, CU/US) ***
Antoni Miralda (1942, ES)
Bea Bonafini (1990, IT) *
Buhlebezwe Siwani (1987, ZA) ***
Chiara Camoni (1974, IT) ** / ***
Diana Policarpo (1986, PT/GB)
Eva Chettle (1987, FR)
Fanja Bouts (1997, NL)
Félix Blume (1984, FR) ** / ***
Hugo Canoilas (1977, PT)
Jonathas de Andrade (1982, BR) ***
José Bedia (1959, CU)
Judy Chicago (1939, US)
Marcos Kueh (1995, MY) *
Marianna Simnett (1986, GB)
Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien (1990, FR) *
Martin Toloku (1992, GH) **
MASBEDO (Collective, based in IT)
Mónica Rikić (1986, ES)
Nora Ancarola (1955, AR/ES) *
Radio Slumber (Collective, international) *
Seyni Awa Camara (1945, SN)
Tanja Smeets (1963, NL) *
Wu Tsang (1982, US)
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“Imagining Futures”
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Aurèlia Muñoz (1925 – 2011, ES)
Asad Raza (1974, US) *
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg (1982, GB) *
Carlos Bunga (1976, PT/ES) *
Carolina Caycedo (1978, CO) *
Chiara Camoni (1974, IT) ***
Choi+Shine Architects (Collective, based in NL) **
Claire Fontaine (Collective, based in IT)
Diana Scherer (1971, DE/NL) *
Domènec (1962, ES) *
Dziga Vertov (1896 – 1954, USSR)
Emilija Škarnulytė (1987, LT)
Eva Fàbregas (1988, ES) *
Félix Blume (1984, FR) ** / ***
Institute for Postnatural Studies & Juan Pablo Pacheco Bejarano (Collective, based in ES) * / ***
Jeremy Deller (1966, GB) **
Jokkoo (Collective, based in ES) *
Julian Charrière (1987, FR/CH)
Kiluanji Kia Henda (1979, AO) *
Korakrit Arunanondchai (1986, TH)
Maja Escher (1990, PT/DE) **
Martha Atienza (1981, PH)
Maya Watanabe (1983, PE)
Mike Nelson (1967, GB) *
Niels Albers (1983, NL) *
OJO estudio (Collective, based in ES) *
Priyageetha Dia (1992, SG)
Rosa Tharrats & Gabriel Ventura (1983; 1988, ES) *
Ugo Schiavi (1987, FR) **
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Presenting in public spaces across the region
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Tornen les esquelles (Collective, based in ES) *
Lara Schnitger (1969, NL/US) *
Institute for Postnatural Studies & Juan Pablo Pacheco Bejarano (Collective, based in ES) * / ***
Transductores (Collective, based in ES) *
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* Presenting newly commissioned work for Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
** Presenting adaptations of existing works specifically for Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana
*** Participants in more than one node/cluster
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