-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 25 January 2001 19:37 Subject: M a n i f e s t a 4 > >"Manifesta 4 >European Biennial of Contemporary Art >Frankfurt am Main 2002" > > > > >Running for MANIFESTA 4! > >Official Statement of the International Foundation Manifesta > >The International Foundation Manifesta has officially nominated the City of >Frankfurt am Main in Germany as the next Manifesta 4 Host City for the >period of 2000 - 2002. > >The members of the Board of the International Foundation Manifesta are >pleased that Frankfurt am Main has been able to meet all the necessary >financial, organisational and infrastructural conditons. > >Frankfurt has been selected to host Manifesta 4 on account of its excellent >cultural infrastructure, the position of the city in the German context and >the great willingness of individuals and institutions to support Manifesta. > >The current atmosphere of innovation and renewal in many of the cultural >institutions in Frankfurt is reflected in the appointment of a new >generation of art professionals to a number of key positions. By selecting >Frankfurt am Main to host the next edition of Manifesta, the International >Board wish to reinforce the notion that this nomadic Biennial should develop >a conceptual strategy not confined only to issues of European politics and >geography. > >Manifesta > >Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, was conceived after >the fall of the Berlin Wall in the beginning of the nineties, as a nomadic >survey of contemporary art, whose initial aim it was to establish a >transnational dialogue between young artists and audiences in North, South, >East and Western Europe. > >After its successful launch in Rotterdam, in 1996, Manifesta passed through >separate and quite distinctive phases of development, in Luxembourg (1998) >and in Ljubljana (2000). > >The International Foundation Manifesta now embarks on its preparations for >the fourth edition of the event, a biennium from 2000 - 2002, with a >new-found confidence and an eager sense of anticipation. In response to >growing public recognition of Manifesta�s European mission, it feels able to >relax the emphasis on specific geographical and political orientations, in >favour of exploring some of the more complex and heterogeneous developments >in contemporary artistic practice across the continent of Europe, as a >whole. This shift in emphasis will inevitably be reflected in the selection >of the new curatorial team for Manifesta 4 and influence the nature of their >artistic programme. > >Process of Teamwork > >Each edition of Manifesta is created by a changing team of international >curators and a newly appointed Co-ordinator, who is orientated towards the >host city and has an insight into its local structure and politics. >Manifesta is the first recurrent international visual arts event to have >explicitly emphasised the importance of the process leading up to the final >exhibition. Thus, the theoretical and conceptual framework of each >exhibition has been thoroughly prepared by activities such as �open� and >�closed houses�, the accumulation of archival material, �laboratories�, >workshops and symposia. The fact that many of these preliminary activities >have taken place in an international context outside the host city has >placed a strong obligation on the curators to work closely together and >develop a sense of team spirit. The Co-ordinator acts as the prime mover for >the curators, in initiating and developing such activities, in conjunction >with and the local staff in the host city. There is also a strong potential >for developing activities which span different editions of Manifesta and >draw both on the support of the Foundation and on the network of earlier >exhibitors, curators and outside contacts. > >Manifesta Archive > >At the same time The International Foundation Manifesta will focus on >creating a virtual platform, housing the extensive archive, and using this >online basic structure for dialogues and interaction, linked and related to >new sources, as well as existing international initiatives. The Foundation >has delegated the structural development of Manifesta as a network >organisation to the former founding director of Manifesta 1 and current >Secretary General of the Foundation, Mrs Hedwig Fijen, who will be charge of >acquiring funds for this task, and creating the Manifesta web-archive and >supporting administrational structure over the next two years. > >Selection of Frankfurt am Main as Host City for Manifesta 4 in 2002 > >Faced with an exceptionally difficult decision, in the final stage of >selecting between the two front-runners, Frankfurt and Warsaw, the Board >have finally come down in favour of the former city. >In reaching this decision, the Board have taken into account the timing of >Manifesta 4, in 2002 and its coincidence with Documenta 11, in Kassel, which >might be regarded as either a handicap or as an exciting challenge to the >ingenuity of hosts and curators alike. Within the German context � at a time >of doubt and reappraisal, in traditional cultural centres such as Berlin and >the Rhineland - this seemed to be a particularly apt moment for Frankfurt to >reassert its role. Frankfurt has an extensive cultural infrastructure and a >productive artistic scene and is characterised by its rich history and >changing character, as the leading financial centre in continental Europe >and a focus for large-scale immigration. In particular, the Board were >impressed by the strong level of support for holding Manifesta in Frankfurt >among all the principal political parties and the degree of interest >expressed by the representatives of a wide cross-section of cultural >institutions in the city. > >Interntational Foundation >Board: Manifesta > Henry Meyric Hughes (President) > Francesco Bonami > Chris Dercon > Hedwig Fijen (Secr.Gen.) > Kasper König > Enrico Lunghi > Hans-Ulrich Obrist > Lilijana Stepancic > Barbara Vanderlinden > Igor Zabel >Secretariat: Roelof Hartplein 9, 1071 TR Amsterdam, The Netherlands phone: >003165378550 fax: 0031204700073 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.manifesta.org > >Manifesta 4 >Organisers >International Foundation Manifesta >Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Dezernat Kultur und Freizeit > >Production Office MANIFESTA 4 at >Künstlerhaus Mousonturm >Waldschmidtstraße 4 / 60316 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) >Tel. +49 69 405895 16 / Fax: +49 69 405895 � 40 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.manifesta.de > > > > >........................... >Electronic Flux Corporation >http://www.e-flux.com/decode.php3?cid=266 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >to unsubscribe from this list send an email >to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
