Manifesto (art collective) explained

Manifesto is an art collective and intellectual movement composed of artists, filmmakers, curators, writers, art theorists, historians, architects, and publishers, from various countries, engaged in Albanian contemporary art. In collaboration with the DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art and ZETA Center for Contemporary Art, the Manifesto art collective has developed a series of projects, Manifesto Hijacking (2022),^[1] Manifesto Desertion (2023),^[2] and Manifesto Great Wave (2024),^[3] which offer a deconstruction of the Albanian art scene^[4] and the way it is enmeshed with the power of the Albanian oligarchy.^[5]

Current members

• Arie Amaya-Akkermans
• Boris Budini
• Jonida Gashi
• Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
• Raino Isto
• Jora Kasapi
• Ataol Kaso
• Valentina Koça
• Sonja Lau
• Armando Lulaj
• Ylber Marku
• Marco Mazzi
• Wendy Morava
• Redon Skikuli
• Pleurad Xhafa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manifesto HIJACKING . DebatikCenter . 14 October 2024.
2. Web site: Manifesto DESERTION . DebatikCenter . 14 October 2024.
3. Web site: Manifesto GREAT WAVE . DebatikCenter . 14 October 2024.
4. Web site: Isto . Raino . “Activating the Power to Desert History Itself”: Raino Isto and La Société Spectrale discuss Moving Billboard, Part 1 . Linking (Art) Worlds . 14 October 2024 . 8 November 2023.
5. News: Bogdani . Nensi . ‘Manifesto Hijacking’: një projekt kolektiv mbi praktikat autoritare të pushtetit oligarkik në Shqipëri . 14 October 2024 . Reporter.al . 1 August 2022.