Over the last one hundred years, humans have drastically altered the natural environment through industrialization, intensive farming, rapid urbanization, and the development of fossil fuels.
In an era of planetary climate change, how will these transformations alter the way we live our lives? How can we understand climate change from a historical and cultural perspective? How can we imagine an alternative, more equitable future?
Let’s Talk About the Weather: Art and Ecology in a Time of Crisis brings together 17 local and international artists showcasing new works dealing with climate change and ecological disaster.
Artists: Marwa Arsanios and Samer Frangie, Sammy Baloji, Ursula Biemann and Paulo Tavares, Design Earth, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Emre Hüner, Jessika Khazrik or The Society of Fa...
For the first time in the history of Manifesta, the biennial will not only present an international, industry-leading selection of contemporary art. The exhibition will also consist of an impressive collection of historical works and will display the rich mining heritage in a surprising and innovative way to both local and international audiences.
Curator Cuauhtémoc Medina (Mexico City) developed the concept for Manifesta 9, addressing the social and societal impact of the recent past in Limburg. The exhibition The Deep of the Modern will be presented as a triptych. For the first section, 35 international contemporary artists are invited to create new work, paying heed to regional context, linking the local theme with global issues. The art historical section provides an overview of works of art from the 1...
Following his breakthrough at the Manifesta 7 (2008), Emre Hüner presents 'The New Horizon' at Stroom Den Haag, his first solo exhibition in a European institute.
In his work Hüner deals with shattered dreams of modernity – of social utopia, historical progress and material plenty for all – in the form of a re-assembled universe. 'The New Horizon' is shaped after American designer Norman Bel Geddes' imaginative futuristic visions of social utopia in the 1930s and Paul Virilio's hypermodern readings on the transformed world perception caused by changing human modes of locomotion and warfare. It brings together very recent work including the film 'Juggernaut' (2009) in an exclusive environment prepared by Diplomacy in Reflex (Can Altay, Asli Kalinoglu, Nilufer Kocabas) in response to his work, both...