Manifesta 15: Europe's Nomadic Biennial
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Manifesta aims to reshape the relations between art, culture and society by investigating and catalyzing socio-ecological change in conjunction with with both local communities and international cultural producers. This year's edition will see events held in 11 cities in the metropolitan region: Badalona, Cornellà de Llobregat, El Prat de Llobregat, Granollers, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Mataró, Sabadell, Sant Adrià de Besòs, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Sant Cugat del Vallès and Terrassa.
With an event spanning an area of more than 3,000 square kilometers, Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana aims to build new ways for social and artistic communities to connect with local infrastructures. It seeks to shift cultural attention to the city's outskirts and neighboring areas, fostering collaboration between the metropolitan cities. Manifesta, known for its nomadic nature, emphasizes creating site-specific structures that focus on local voices and memories, supported by extensive research.
Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial was conceived in the early 1990s as a biennial of contemporary art, responding to the new social, cultural and political reality that appeared in the aftermath of the Cold War.
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