Main entry:

Manifesta (12th : 2018 : Palermo, Italy)

Title & Author:

Manifesta 12 - Palermo Atlas : a project / by OMA - Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli ; with Martina Motta, Giacomo Ardesio, Giulio Margheri, Paul Cournet, Marcello Carpino ; critical essays: Nora Akawi, Giuseppe Barbera, Marina Otero Verzier, Giorgio Vasta.

Publication:

Milano : Humboldt Books ; Amsterdam : International Foundation Manifesrta, [2018]
©2018

Description:

415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Palermo Atlas is commissioned to OMA by Foundation Manifesta 12 Palermo.
Published by Humboldt Books and Manifesta on the occasion of Manifesta 12 in Palermo, 16 June-4 November 2018.
"Manifesta is a European biennial of contemporary art based in Amsterdam. The theme of the twelfth edition of Manifesta is 'The Planetary Garden. Cultivating Coexistance.'"--Publisher's Web site
Geography -- From grand tourists to tourists -- Arrivals -- Inhabitants -- City mutation -- Palermo in film -- Abandoned, unfinished, unbuilt -- Archives of modernity --Journey

Summary:

Palermo Atlas charts a territory at the epicentre of key transformations of our time. More then a city, Palermo is a node in an expanded geography of flows - of people, capital, goods, data and species. Although historically Arab-Norman, the Silician capital has been reshaped by recent migrations and now counts Tamil, Somali and Nigerian identities as part of a complex anatomy. Its markets and architecture, nature and ecosystem, harbours and maritime routes make it a laboratory for cross-pollination and an incubator of global conditions. At the same time, Palermo'ss controversial modern history has left indelible traces - physical, emotional and political - and a unique legacy of civic experimentation. This study, commissioned by Manifesta 12 and undertaken by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, represents an alternative model for pre-biennial exploration, and is based on an omnivorous collection of stories gathered on the ground, telling of people, places, events and possibilities. With forewords by mayor of Palermo Leoluca Orlando and director of Manifesta Hedwig Fijen, it brings together the views of local observers such as Letizia Battaglia, Franco Maresco and Giorgio Vasta, along with critical texts by Marina Otero Verzier, Nora Akawi and Giuseppe Barbera, to ask whether Palermo might serve as a prototype for the world to come.--Front cover.
"Palmero Atlas is an interdisciplinary analysis of the city of Palmero commissioned by Manifesta 12 and undertaken by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture."--Publisher's website

ISBN:

9788899385439 (paperback)
8899385432 (paperback)

Subject:

OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Manifesta (12). 2018 Palermo.
Manifesta 12 2018 Palermo.
Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Art 21e siècle Expositions.
Art, Modern
Palermo

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs

Added entries:

Pestellini Laparelli, Ippolito
Motta, Martina.
Ardesio, Giacomo.
Margheri, Giulio.
Cournet, Paul.
Carpino, Marcello.
Akawi, Nora.
Barbera, Giuseppe.
Otero Verzier, Marina.
Vasta, Giorgio.
Office for Metropolitan Architecture.

Palermo Atlas
Planetary garden. cultivating coexistence

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304200
Call No.: BIB 249688
Status: Available