The New El Dorado

Abstract

Manifesta 8 Flashback took place from 21 January until 3 February at the Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum (ACAF). A flashback of this year's Manifesta, a European biennale for modern art held every two years in a different city, will be held at the ACAF, which was involved as one of its curators.The exhibition will feature five video-works that were part of Manifesta 8. Manifesta 8 took place in the cities of Murcia and Cartagena in southeast Spain with a sub-theme “A dialogue with northern Africa”. The biennale focused on themes such as immigration, refugee status, as well as the new borders of Europe, both geographically and psychologically