Manifesta 14 Prishtina's 100-Day Art Festival Comes to a Close

Manifesta 14 Prishtina consisted of a 100-day interdisciplinary programme of artistic and urban interventions, performances, events, and education workshops. With its Urban Vision, Commons Sense, and artistic programme: 'It matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise', the European Nomadic Biennial took up the challenge of exploring new modes of collective storytelling and reclaiming public space. For the first time, Manifesta created a permanent institution, the Centre for Narrative Practice, which is home to the education space, OAZA.

The European Nomadic Biennial welcomed 151.609 visits to the indoor venues of the parcours and over 626.210 visits to the works presented in public space. The expansive public programme was attended by 18.183 visitors. Consisting of more than 100 events ranging from film screenings, artist talks, and poetry readings to workshops, performances, and electronic music nights that took place at the Centre for Narrative Practice, the Brick Factory, the Grand Hotel Prishtina, and many other Manifesta 14 venues.

Manifesta 14’s Education programme organised 22 activities for families, as well as a large variety of workshops for children led by Manifesta 14 participants and collaborators at Oaza, the library for children and young adults at the Centre for Narrative Practice. Through its Mediation programme, Manifesta 14 organised 346 mediated tours across the city, introducing a new manner for audiences to engage with the culture in Prishtina.