reviews  03.06.12  Domeniek Ruyters

Manifesta 9 shows a different approach from earlier editions. The choice of an extraordinary location has not changed - in this case the large Waterschei mining complex in Genk, Belgium. New is the way contemporary art is accessibly embedded in the cultural heritage of the location, the mining industry. In an interview in Metropolis M no. 3, curator Cuauhtémoc Medina explains the context of the exhibition. The issue also gives a concise history of Manifesta 1 - 9.

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features  31.07.08  METROPOLIS M

Trentino - South Tyrol, Italy
Manifesta
19/07/08 - 02/11/08

Manifesta 7 has kicked off. Nathalie Zonnenberg, Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen and Krist Gruijthuijsen documented the ambiance during the opening days.

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Postmodernism managed to dump any trust in past and present. Then or now, neither or either – both were a post-modern ‘whatever’. But not to Marta Kuzma, one of the two curators of Manifesta 5, who, in a trusted modernist manner attempts to restore a historical consciousness, as a lesson for the future.

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An interview with Zbyněk Baladrán on her work for Manifesta 5.

 

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