Manifesta 14 Prishtina
* 100 Days Art in Europe’s Youngest Capital City


The biennial program is located in 25 different Prishtina venues, from the Ottoman-era Great Hammam to the Yugoslav-era Palace of Youth and Sports. The best way to see all the program has to offer is by following the Manifesta 14 parcours. This path takes visitors through the ongoing urban development of this young, social and dynamic capital city. By using a variety of venues – each with their own unique histories – Manifesta 14 Prishtina highlights the need for and use of public space within urban landscapes.

 

Some major city interventions include the Green Corridor, which connects two sides of the city with a plant-lined sustainable mobility path, and the eco-urban learning laboratory developed by raumlaborberlin for Manifesta 14 Prishtina. This is the first time in Manifesta's history that a permanent interdisciplinary cultural institution, the Centre for Narrative Practice, has been established. It is located on the grounds of the former Hivzi Sulejmani Library.

 
 
not a word […], 2022, © Ugo Rondinone. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Ivan Erofeev LE MILE Magazine Alban E. Smajli

not a word […], 2022,
© Ugo Rondinone. Photo
© Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Ivan Erofeev

 
 

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Manifesta 14 Prishtina has a program that is focused on the local area: of the 103 participants, which includes 25 collectives, 39% are from Kosovo, the highest number of local participants in any edition of Manifesta. In addition, 26% of the participants are from the Western Balkans, meaning that a total of 65% of the participants are from the region.

 
Installation view, 2022, © New Grand (Arbnor Karaliti, Valdrin Thaqi) Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Majlinda Hoxha LE MILE Magazine Exhibition Room

Exhibition View Installation view, 2022
© New Grand (Arbnor Karaliti, Valdrin Thaqi) Photo
© Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Majlinda Hoxha

 
LYNX , 2022, © Astrit Ismaili. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Esad Duraku LE MILE Magazine Alban E. Smajli

LYNX , 2022
© Astrit Ismaili. Photo
© Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Esad Duraku

 
 

Manifesta 14's programming is built on four foundations: 1: the Center for Narrative Practice and its Oaza Education area, 2: the former Brick Factory, 3: the Grand Hotel Prishtina and its seven-story themed exhibition, and 4: the route of 25 sites with artistic and urban interventions located throughout the city of Prishtina.

 
 
 

All of the interdisciplinary elements of Manifesta 14 Prishtina are woven together tightly in one cohesive program, allowing visitors to interact with the stories of the places where the artistic interventions are presented. This program revolves around four pillars and works to change the biennial model into a participatory and collaborative catalyst for social change. See the annex for more information on each of these four pillars.

 
Tell me your Story, 2022 , © Chiharu Shiota. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Majlinda Hoxha Alban E. Smajli LE MILE Magazine

Tell me your Story, 2022
© Chiharu Shiota. Photo
© Manifesta 14 Prishtina, Majlinda Hoxha

 
 

The artworks and citywide installations of Manifesta 14 Prishtina, which include the exhibition The Grand Scheme of Things, invite viewers to think about the political motivations behind storytelling. With a biennial full of stories, what does it mean for the young people and artistic community of a country to have restricted travel to the Schengen area. Without visa liberalisation, Kosovo's cultural and artistic communities are hindered in their ability to have constructive conversations with the rest of Europe, let alone the rest of the world.

Manifesta 14 Prishtina, the European Nomadic Biennial, is an event that highlights Kosovo's relationship with Europe through a series of urban and artistic interventions across Prishtina. By bringing together international and local participants, the biennial hopes to not only showcase the underrepresented talents within the region, but to also create new opportunities and networks for Kosovo's artistic and cultural communities.

All Manifesta editions have focused on encouraging intercultural dialogue; for Manifesta 14 Prishtina, we are dedicated to fostering cultural discussion and social debate – to introduce Kosovo to the rest of Europe and the world, and for the world to see all that Kosovo has to offer.Manifesta 14 Prishtina is free and open for 100 days until the 30th of October 2022.

 

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