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Manifesta 7 is an initiative of the International Foundation Manifesta, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the Autonomous Province of Bozen/Bolzano and the Autonomous Province of Trento.Manifesta 7 is organised by the Comitato M7
COMITATO MANIFESTA 7
Hedwig Fijen President
Allard Huizing Vicepresident
Marilena Defrancesco Member and Honorary Treasurer
Birgit Oberkofler Member and Honorary Secretariat
Gianluigi Bozza Member, Autonomous Province of Trento
Antonio Lampis Member, Autonomous Province of Bozen / Bolzano
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Hedwig Fijen Director
Fabio Cavallucci Manifesta7 Coordinator Province of Trento
Andreas Hapkemeyer Manifesta7 Coordinator Province of Bozen / Bolzano
Cristina de Tisi Project Manager Province of Trento
CURATORS
Adam Budak
Anselm Franke, Hila Peleg
Raqs Media Collective: Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, Shuddhabrata Sengupta
ORGANISATION DEPARTMENT
Trento
Cristina Maymone Office Manager
Orietta Berlanda Office Manager
Betty Balduin Travel & Accomodation Officer
Sara Dolfi Coordinator Assistant Province of Trento
Bolzano
Lisa Mazza Office Manager
Marion Lafogler Assistant
PRODUCTION
Heads of Production
Peter Paul Kainrath
Sabrina Michielli
Chiara Prada Head of Production Assistant
Production Assistants
Francesca Batori
Marianna Liosi
Valentina Malossi
Chiara Veronesi
Katharina Kolakowski
Weber+Winterle Architett Technical Directors
Technical Assistants
Venue Technical Directors
Andrea Polato Bolzano
Erwin Canderle Fortezza
Thomas Pilati Trento
Andrea Miserocchi Rovereto
Collaborators:
Daniel Schoelzhorn
Mauro Perosin
COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
Alessandra Santerini Head of Communication
Press Office
Chiara Costa International and National Press
Danilo Fenner Local Press
Klaus Hartig Local Press
Assistants
Sofia Patat
Francesca Rossi
Valentina Cramerotti
International Relations, Special Programs and Events
Daniele Maruca
with Chiara del Senno
Assistants
Luigi Petruzzellis
Silvia Scarpa
Tim van Lingen
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Yoeri Meessen Head of Education
Francesca Sossass Coordinator, Trentino
Thea Unteregger Coordinator, South Tyrol
Barbara Mahlknecht Assistant Coordinator
Stefania Schir Assitant
Art Mediators
Romina Abate, Antonia Alampi, Marco Anesi, Dorothea Arbesser, Martina Baroncelli, Oriana Bosco, Barbara Campaner, Silvia Conta, Valentina Curandi, Daria Ghiu, Nathaniel Katz, Riccardo Lami, Linda Jasmin Mayr, Melanine Mölgg, Marion Oberhofer, Martina Oberprantacher, Alexandra Ross, Karin Schmuck, Giovanna Tamassia, Chiara Villani
PATRONS PROGRAM
Mariapaola Spinelli
INDEX
MANAGING EDITOR
Maria Cristina Giusti
EDITORS
Rana Dasgupta
Stephen Haswell Todd
Dan Kidner
ENGLISH EDITOR
Jonathan Turner
ITALIAN EDITOR
Sara Dolfi Agostini
Maria Paola Spinelli
Claudia Zini
GERMAN EDITOR
Julia Moritz
ENGLISH-ITALIAN TRANSLATORS
Anny Ballardini
Laura Iseppi De Filippis
ENGLISH-GERMAN TRANSLATORS
Haimo Perkman
Kerstin Knepper
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND WEBSITE
Markus Weisbeck
Florian Feineis
Max Weber
Pascal Kress
Oliver Kuntsche
Surface, Frankfurt am Main
EXHIBITION SCENARIOS (FORTEZZA /FRANZENFESTE)
Curators
Adam Budak
Anselm Franke/ Hila Peleg
Raqs Media Collective: Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, Shuddhabrata Sengupta
Julia Moritz Assistant Curator
Silvia Ploner Assistant
EXHIBITION _ THE REST OF NOW_ (BOLZANO / BOZEN)
Curators
Raqs Media Collective: Monica Narula, Jeebesh Bagchi, Shuddhabrata Sengupta
Denis Isaia Assistant Curator
Curatorial Advisors
Anders Kreuger
Nikolaus Hirsch
Graham Harwood
Exhibition Architect
Nikolaus Hirsch / Michel Müller
Assistants
Daniela Unterholzner
Marianna Sabena
Elisa Tosoni
EXHIBITION THE SOUL (TRENTO / TREINT)
Anselm Franke/Hila Peleg Curators
Katia Anguelova Assistant Curator
Nana Bahlmann Research Assistant
Venue Architects
Kuehn Malvezzi
Assistants
Fabrizia Endrizzi
Irene Leveghi
EXHIBITION PRINCIPLE HOPE (ROVERETO)
Adam Budak Curator
Lorenzo Pezzani Assistant Curator
Curatorial Advisors
Krist Gruitjhuisen
Tobi Maier
Nina Möntmann
Andreas Spiegl
Christian Teckert
Baldessari Venue Architect
Assistants
Veronica Bellei
Luisa Filippi
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION MANIFESTA
Hedwig Fijen Director
Saskia van der Kroef Project Coordinator
Yoeri Meessen External Relations
Suzanne Dijkema Office Manager
Marieke van Hal Grants Manager
George Konig Bookkeeper
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS 2008
Gilane Tawadros Chair
Viktor Misiano Vice-Chair
Renze Hasper Treasurer
Daniel Birnbaum Rector Städelschule Art Academy, Frankfurt am Main, Director Portikus Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
Iara Boubnova
Founding Director Institute of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Curator Manifesta 4
Fabio Cavallucci
Director Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Coordinator Manifesta 7
Charles Esche
Director Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Massimiliano Gioni
Curator, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, Curator Manifesta 5
Andreas Hapkemeyer
Former Director of Museion, Bolzano, Coordinator Manifesta 7
Sirje Helme
Director KUMU Museum, Tallinn
Allard Huizing
Lawyer at Greenberg Traurig, Amsterdam
Sarat Maharaj
Professor of Visual Art and Knowledge Systems, Lund University, Malmö
Marieke Sanders ten Holte
Former Member of the European Parliament, Amsterdam
HONORARY BOARD
Sandro Bondi
President of the Honorary Board and Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities
Egbert Frederik Jacobs
Ambassador of the Royal Kingdom of The Netherlands in Italy
Lorenzo Dellai
President Autonomous Province of Trento
Luis Durnwalder
President Autonomous Province of Bozen / Bolzano
Margherita Cogo
Vice President and Councillor for Culture Province of Trento
Sabina Kasslatter-Mur
Councillor for Family, Cultural Heritage and German Culture Province of Bolzano / Bozen
Luigi Cigolla
Councillor for Cultural Heritage, Italian Culture and Housing Development Province of Bolzano / Bozen
Florian Mussner
Councillor for Ladin Education and Culture, Public Infrastructure Province of Bolzano / Bozen
Alberto Pacher
Major of Trento
Luigi Spagnolli
Major of Bolzano / Bozen
Guglielmo Valduga
Major of Rovereto
Johann Wild
Major of Fortezza / Franzensfeste
Lucia Maestri
Councillor for Culture Trento
Sandro Repetto
Councillor for Assets and Housing Politics Bolzano / Bozen
Primo Schönsberg
Councillor for Culture, Research and Strategic Development Bolzano / Bozen
Giovanni Cipolletta
Vice Mayor and Councillor for Culture Fortezza / Franzensfeste
Elmar Pichler-Rolle
Vice Major and Councillor for Economic and Financial Affairs Bolzano / Bozen
Carla Di Francesco
General Director PARC
Franco Bernabè
President MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Trento and Rovereto
Alois Lageder
President MUSEION – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bozen/Bolzano
Gabriella Belli
Director MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Trento and Rovereto
Corinne Diserens
Director MUSEION – Museum of modern and contemporary art Bozen/Bolzano
Innocenzo Cipolletta
President University of Trento
Hanns Egger
President Free University of Bolzano / Bozen
Davide Bassi
Head of the University of Trento
Rita Franceschini
Head of the Free University of Bolzano / Bozen