Good as Hell: Voicing Resistance

Invasions, 2022, © Alevtina Kakhidze. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Ivan Erofeev
Document Missing: Broken Document Breaks out into Poetry, 2022, © Hristina Ivanoska. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Ivan Erofeev
Secondary Archive, 2022, © Secondary Archive. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Atdhe Mulla
Aphasia (Act Three) – A Kid from the Neighbourhood, 2019, © Jelena Jureša. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Atdhe Mulla
Homage to Kafka, 2018, © Valentina Bonizzi. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Atdhe Mulla
LYNX, 2022, © Astrit Ismaili. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Atdhe Mulla
Baby Blues, 2016/2022, © Haveit. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / [insert name]
Mercedes Matrix, 2019, © Selma Selman. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Majlinda Hoxha
I’m meeting a hybrid of past and now, 2020, © Dardan Zhegrova. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Ivan Erofeev
You Have No Idea [Vi Nemate Pojma], 2016/ 2022, © Selma Selman. Photo © Manifesta 14 Prishtina / Ivan Erofeev

Good as Hell. Voicing Resistance explores the voice as the extension of the human body into the world and, in turn, the condition of politics. As we murmur, speak or shout forth, as we mutter, stutter or remain silent, as we choose one language over another, alter existing ones or invent new ones, we define the nature of our presence towards others.

The exhibition brings together works of art that voice resistance to narratives of violence and subjugation, as these spill over from the private realm into the public sphere and back again. Focusing on contemporary artists from Kosovo, the rest of the former Yugoslavia and its neighbours, it examines responses to forms of oppression emanating from socialist and post-socialist governments and patriarchal, heteronormative social structures.

Two archival projects situate the performances, videos, sculptures and installations within a broader historical and international context. Each a repository of resistance in its own right, the archives attest to the scope of the voice and the body as instruments of dissent and insurrection, but also of care, solidarity and compassion.

Event

Mbi arkivat. Bisedë me Battina Knaup dhe Hana Halilaj

29.10.2022 18.30-19.45
Galeria Kombëtare e Kosovës

Artistic Intervention

Ndërhyrje artistike – Astrit Ismaili

22.07 → 30.11.2022 10.00-00.00
Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve

Event

Baresha – The Tarot Reader

20 → 24.07.2022 19.00-23.00
Korridori i Gjelbër