MANIFESTO Collective's Five-Year Plan Deconstructs Albanian Art History
The MANIFESTO Collective has published a five-year plan (2021–2025) in ARTMargins, detailing a project that reimagines Albanian art and society. The initiative, spanning three editions—MANIFESTO Hijacking (2022), MANIFESTO Desertion (2023), and MANIFESTO Great Wave (2024–25)—aims to deconstruct Albania's past and its neoliberal consolidation. The project proposes a new movement in visual, cinematographic, theoretical, and political arts, offering a critical rearguard retrospective focused on social reality and a new historical narrative. Albania's lack of a dominant historical narrative is seen as an opportunity to develop art without replicating external experiences.
Key facts
- The MANIFESTO project spans five years (2021–2025).
- Three editions: MANIFESTO Hijacking (2022), MANIFESTO Desertion (2023), MANIFESTO Great Wave (2024–25).
- The project deconstructs Albania's past and neoliberal consolidation.
- It proposes a new movement in visual, cinematographic, theoretical, and political arts.
- Albania has not invented a great historical narrative, unlike its neighbors.
- The project offers a critical rearguard retrospective focusing on social reality.
- The article is published in ARTMargins, Volume 15, Issue 2, pp. 69-84.
- The DOI is 10.1162/ARTM.a.377.
Entities
Artists
- MANIFESTO Collective
Institutions
- ARTMargins
- MIT Press
Locations
- Albania