Europe’s experimental art biennial seeks to reclaim public space in Pristina. Locals are invited to “vote with their feet” to determine which urban projects should last
way to the roof of the 13-storey Grand Hotel Pristina, Petrit Halilaj points out abandoned bedrooms piled high with junk. The artist climbs a spindly metal ladder, then stands amid the signage of this once five-star establishment. Manifesta, Europe’s nomadic art biennial, opened in Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, on July 22nd. As its centrepiece, Mr Halilaj has rearranged and added toKur dielli të ikë, do ta pikturojmë qiellin”From here, you can see the whole of the city.
Contributing to the long-term development of a host city is now one of Manifesta’s overarching goals., a firm co-founded by pioneering architect Rem Koolhaas, was invited to conduct a preliminary study of the host city, identifying issues of local concern. Manifesta was then built around these findings and the success of the Palermo biennial inspired a new approach. Ever since, Ms Fijen has been pondering “what difference a biennial can make and what it can do.
Most of Kosovo’s capital does not appear on Google Street View. So for three months last year, students studying architecture at the University of Pristina Using yellow paint and street furniture, Mr Ratti’s team made their “small interventions”. A street lined with bustling cafés was pedestrianised. Cars were blocked from accessing the garden of the restored Hivzi Sulejmani Library, which was also replanted. All of these modifications are reversible but locals are invited to “vote with their feet”; to visit these spaces and determine which changes should become permanent.
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