++++ At Frankensteiner Hof a meeting place has been defined within the context of the Manifesta 4 project in order to generate a debate between the proposals made by the different artists and groups taking part in the project, and the local community and visitors to the city. This space will house presentations of discursive and performance practices, of projects related to the regeneration of city areas and marginalised communities, of experimental forms of production in the fields of fashion and publishing, and of experiments in resistance developed by artists in specific contexts. All these will take place alongside round tables, on- and off-line projects, screenings, lectures and even short-term displays, as well as through different types, media and forms in which contemporary art appears today.
Frankensteiner Hof is also a space in-between the Manifesta 4 project and the City of Frankfurt, acting as an information exchange and a framework for the discussion of projects related to the city and to other groups working within it. The debate may surface in physical space, or via the Manifesta web site and its extension in e-manifesta.org, a portal for debate created by Daniel García Andújar in collaboration with the Manifesta 4 team, with the aim of channelling the different opinions expressed by audiences and people interested in the critical analysis of the whole event.
The Curators

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