Manifesta, also known as the European Nomadic Biennial, is currently on view in Prishtina, Kosovo, through October 30, 2022. This 14th iteration, “it matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise,” addresses the idea of reclaiming and reimagining public spaces.
Thinking Through Place: A Conversation with Anina Major
Anina Major connects to her familial lineage as she weaves clay vessels layer by layer. Through her Bahamian heritage, she investigates the uniqueness of being born and raised on an island where the economy and opportunities for upward mobility are directly tied to tourism.
Between Two Knowns: A Conversation with Nathaniel Rackowe
Nathaniel Rackowe’s large-scale, futuristic works are fundamentally influenced by modern urban architecture. Spanning sculpture, installation, and public art, his practice is concerned with abstracting the metropolis into units of form.
Jupiter Artland: Centering Surprise
“I can’t bear sculpture parks that are ‘shop and plonk,’” says Nicky Wilson, director and co-founder (with husband Robert Wilson) of Jupiter Artland, a 100-acre sculpture park in a rural setting just outside Edinburgh, Scotland. “It’s never successful shoving a piece of sculpture on a bit of grass and then saying it’s a well-installed work.”
Donum: Experiencing Sculpture, Wine, and Landscape
The extraordinary outdoor sculpture experience at the Donum Estate begins as soon as the gates swing open and you enter its 190 acres of vineyards, grassy hillsides, ponds, and woods.
Sweet Violence: A Conversation with Claire Lieberman
The American sculptor Claire Lieberman is well known for her installations in which she combines materials such as marble, Jell-O, and video. Her practice explores a range of dichotomies—for example, the dialectic between “the sublime and the quirky, desire and danger, indulgence and guilt,” as she points out.
Building Up Entanglements: A Conversation with Julia Crabtree and William Evans
For British duo Julia Crabtree and William Evans, sculpture and the sculptural experience are less about fixed forms than an irrepressible interest in materials and matter that might appear uneasy or ugly, that might crack under the weight of expectation.
Ripple Effects: A Conversation with Angela Two Stars
Angela Two Stars is taking a stand about her Indigenous culture and using the Dakota language to do it. An enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate (SWO)—a Dakota Plains tribe and part of the Oceti Sakowin Nation—she was born and raised on the Lake Traverse Reservation, located in South Dakota’s northeast corner.
Studio Morison: Designing Pathways To Nature
Silence—Alone in a World of Wounds (2021), created by Studio Morison (Heather Peak and Ivan Morison), resembles a medieval building, or perhaps a shelter from some apocalyptic future in which humans have returned to the land.
Unknowable Objects: A Conversation with Niamh O’Malley
Niamh O’Malley, from County Mayo, in the Republic of Ireland, is part of a generation of artists who benefited not only from the pioneering work of artist-led organizations like the Association of Artists in Ireland (AAI) and the Society of Sculptors in Ireland (SSI), but also from the economic boost of the so-called Celtic Tiger, which pumped money into the arts.
