Manifesta 14 Announcement: Full Participant List and Mediated Tours

Adem Jashari Square ©Manifesta14 Prishtina/ Photo by Ferdi Limani

Manifesta 14
Prishtina, Kosovo
July 22, 2022 – October 30, 2022
https://manifesta14.org

Across Parcours consisting of 25 different iconic locations in Prishtina – from the brutalist Palace of Youth and Sports to the Ottoman period Great Hamman – Manifesta 14 will bring artistic and urban interventions and a seven-floor thematic exhibition. The biennial programme will feature 102 participants from 30 countries, who will present projects, events, performances, and architectural interventions in a diverse range of public spaces across Prishtina.

Of the participants, 39% have Kosovar origins, the highest ever number of local participants in any edition of Manifesta. The inclusion of some of these Kosovar participants has replaced the parallel events featured in previous editions of Manifesta. This spotlight also shines on the rest of the Western Balkans, with a further 25% of the participants heralding from the region.

An essential part of the Manifesta 14 programme, the biennial’s Mediated Tours is the best way to get to know Prishtina and reveal the layers of the multi-faceted programme. The five available tours explore different themes, including memory and space; gathering and public resistance; urban transformation; neoliberalism and the future of public space, and Prishtina’s old and new.

Lasting 90-minutes, each Mediated Tour is a dialogue between the visitor groups and the mediator as they explore the stories and histories of the venues, discussing the relationship between these spaces and the interventions and artworks of Manifesta 14 Prishtina. Many tours include short walks within the city, offering the opportunity to discuss public space in Prishtina, how this has been shaped by political movements, and the growing ambition to transform the urban environment.

For the first time in Manifesta’s history, Mediated Tours are completely free for regional visitors. International groups will be asked to contribute a small fee for their tour. Book your tours here.

Manifesta 14 Prishtina is un-ticketed and free throughout its 100-day programme until the 30th of October 2022.