{"id":83668,"date":"2022-11-03T16:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/?p=83668"},"modified":"2024-02-07T16:26:29","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T15:26:29","slug":"prishtina-bids-farewell-to-manifesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/prishtina-bids-farewell-to-manifesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Prishtina bids farewell to Manifesta"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"83668\" class=\"elementor elementor-83668\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b3b894c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b3b894c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Kadriu<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"date\">&#8211; 03.11.2022<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69ec197 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"69ec197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-be5a14f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"be5a14f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f23c03\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be311e9\" data-id=\"be311e9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5877ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5877ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walking through the central square of Prishtina, across from the Assembly building, your eye catches something out of place. A yellow house sits atop what used to be the <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/germia-controversy-signals-divisions-on-how-to-grow-prishtina\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">G\u00ebrmia Department Store<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, today the offices of the Tax Administration of Kosovo. You rub your eyes in disbelief. It&#8217;s outrageous, the audacity. &#8220;Here too?&#8221; you think angrily, grabbing your phone to call the police.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSomeone built an illegal house, right in the center. Do something!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The house was not one of the many illegal constructions across Prishtina, it is the most recent work of contemporary artist <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/alban-muja-i-want-to-share-what-we-experienced-as-a-society-because-weve-forgotten\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alban Muja<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (who reports that some residents did indeed call the police to report what they assumed was an illegal rooftop structure).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muja&#8217;s rooftop installation was part of the 14th edition of the nomadic Manifesta Biennial, which opened in Prishtina on July 22 and closed October 30. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last nearly three decades, Manifesta has traveled everywhere from Spain to St. Petersburg. Barring an early edition in Ljubljana, Manifesta 14 represents the first time the biennial has come to the Balkans.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-faff7ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"faff7ce\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f13fbc4\" data-id=\"f13fbc4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c8a9c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c8a9c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Alban-Muja_Installation-Shots_012.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83609\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Alban-Muja_Installation-Shots_012.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Alban-Muja_Installation-Shots_012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Alban-Muja_Installation-Shots_012-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Alban-Muja_Installation-Shots_012-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Alban-Muja_Installation-Shots_012-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Alban-Muja_Installation-Shots_012-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">According to artist Alban Muja, some residents called the police when they saw his installation in the city center. <br>Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3463b32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3463b32\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9d670b\" data-id=\"a9d670b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e71b50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e71b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the promise to help Kosovars reclaim public space and to \u201ctell stories otherwise,\u201d the biennial set itself the task of engaging with some of Prishtina&#8217;s most emblematic sites, many of which have suffered from institutional neglect \u2014 so much so that it was conceivable to some that an illegal house could be built on the roof of the tax administration building.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now with Manifesta on the way out the door, Prishtina reflects on what Manifesta was and what it leaves behind.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kosovo has never featured more prominently in the international art world and an international cultural event of this scale has never before taken place in the country. Local and regional artists had the chance to present and connect with the rest of the world and there was a reinvigoration of attempts to revitalize the city\u2019s neglected public spaces and historical legacy.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the bright lights of the biennial cast shadows too. A number of the proposed transformations have been lackluster or went unfulfilled while many local non-profit cultural organizations balked at the seemingly endless public funding and state support offered to the biennial while they struggle to scrap together basic funding. Local organizations, many of which are engaged in preserving the sites Manifesta engaged with, are left wondering if the support Kosovo\u2019s institutions gave to the biennial will be extended to them in the coming years.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Reclaiming public space\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The large windows of <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/driton-selmani-in-our-region-the-role-of-the-artist-is-to-try-to-touch-a-nerve\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Driton Selmani&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> art studio overlook the Rilindja building, one of Prishtina&#8217;s brutalist architecture icons from the \u201970s. Originally named the Rilindja Press Palace, for more than 20 years th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e building was the hub of Kosovo\u2019s literary and cultural life, housing a number of socially-owned enterprises including the renowned newspaper Rilindja and its associated publishing house. \u201cI grew up following the Rilindja logo in every publication,&#8221; Selmani said. &#8220;The concrete walls of what\u2019s left from the printing house building just fascinate me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selmani w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as one of 103 artists who participated in Manifesta 14, 65 of whom were from the Western Balkans and approximately 40 of whom were from Kosovo.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The high percentage of regional artists distinguished this year&#8217;s biennial as &#8220;radically local,&#8221; in the words of the organizers.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b1211d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b1211d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3b7ade\" data-id=\"b3b7ade\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa891f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa891f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-ne-Grand_001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83654\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-ne-Grand_001.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-ne-Grand_001-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-ne-Grand_001-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-ne-Grand_001-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-ne-Grand_001-326x489.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51d4aca\" data-id=\"51d4aca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6cb7cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6cb7cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-Portraits_007.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83657\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-Portraits_007.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-Portraits_007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-Portraits_007-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-Portraits_007-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-Portraits_007-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Driton-Selmani-Portraits_007-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Driton Selmani's ongoing project \"Love Letters\" was featured on the seventh floor of the Grand Hotel. <br>Photos: Atdhe Mulla \/ K2.0.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cb6c78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cb6c78\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ac4e23\" data-id=\"2ac4e23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e9ee17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e9ee17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selmani\u2019s work \u201c<\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/manifesta14.org\/event\/love-letters-a-conversation-with-driton-selmani-and-catherine-nichols\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love Letters<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d was exhibited on the seventh floor of the Grand Hotel Prishtina. An ongoing project since 2018, the work consists of short phrases painted on plastic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bags, which, he says, reflect how<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8220;love can take the shape of shopping lists and plastic bags filled with supermarket items.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Hotel and Rilindja were two of the <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/manifesta14.org\/venues-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 venues<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Manifesta&#8217;s distinctive green and purple map that took visitors on a guided tour of the city&#8217;s past and its future promise. It wasn&#8217;t just visitors who traversed the city map in hand. \u201cF<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or the first time in my life, I walked with a map in my own city,\u201d said Selmani. \u201cHaving different cultural destinations to visit in a city is something I\u2019ve always coveted and I felt I had the chance to do that in Prishtina during the last three months.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The artistic core of the biennial was in the center of the city at the Grand Hotel where visitors could visit seven floors of art and look out on the heart of Prishtina from new heights and perspectives. The rooftop was transformed with an attention-grabbing intervention by Kosovar artist <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/the-little-revolution-of-runik\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petrit Halilaj<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who replaced the hotel\u2019s signage with his own that read in Albanian \u201cwhen the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sun goes away, we paint the sky.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3225316 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3225316\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-439e753\" data-id=\"439e753\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92bdadc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"92bdadc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83673\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_002.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_002-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_002-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_002-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_002-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_002-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a314eb\" data-id=\"8a314eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e76c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34e76c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83670\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_001-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Petrit-Halilaj_001-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Petrit Halilaj's rooftop installation at the Grand Hotel reads: \"when the sun goes away, we paint the sky.\" <br>Photos: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Majlinda Hoxha.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1dfe916 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1dfe916\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f44ccff\" data-id=\"f44ccff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-023b91d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"023b91d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Titled &#8220;The Grand Scheme of Things,\u201d the exhibition inside the hotel<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> took a landmark of the city that has been mired in controversy and debts and filled it with dozen<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s of works from international and local artists.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built in 1978, the Grand Hotel at its peak <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a symbol of modernity and sophistication for the city. By the \u201990s, it became one of the many public spaces from which Albanians were ex<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cluded. Its decline quickened after the war as it went through a particularly <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/the-ghosts-of-privatization\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unsuccessful privatization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> process, eventually winding back in the ownership of the Privatization Agency of Kosovo (PAK). With an unsettled future and a troubled past, the Grand Hotel has long been largely empty.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Grand Hotel&#8217;s seven floors of instagrammable art were Manifesta&#8217;s main attraction, but the biggest transformation facilitated by the biennial was the building that used to house the Hivzi Sylejmani Library. A monument of cultural heritage under temporary protection, the 1930 building was the home of the city library for almost 70 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located in one of Prishtina&#8217;s oldest neighborhoods, the building was a gathering place and event space for the community until 2016 when the library moved into new premises. The building had been closed until Manifesta turned it into the Center for Narrative Practice (CNP), an interdisciplinary cultural institution that housed the biennial&#8217;s educational program, featuring workshops, literary events and musical performances<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (Co-author of this article Lirika Demiri contributed to a Manifesta-funded research project related to the Library. Co-author Aulon\u00eb Kadriu led a children&#8217;s education workshop for Manifesta.)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae072d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae072d1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-756c958\" data-id=\"756c958\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555d7b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"555d7b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83680\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Visitors-at-Manifesta-Venues_019_WEB-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9bf213\" data-id=\"b9bf213\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-003525d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"003525d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Introduction-to-Risograph-Printing-with-students-of-Estonian-Academy-of-Arts_021.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83615\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Introduction-to-Risograph-Printing-with-students-of-Estonian-Academy-of-Arts_021.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Introduction-to-Risograph-Printing-with-students-of-Estonian-Academy-of-Arts_021-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Introduction-to-Risograph-Printing-with-students-of-Estonian-Academy-of-Arts_021-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Introduction-to-Risograph-Printing-with-students-of-Estonian-Academy-of-Arts_021-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Introduction-to-Risograph-Printing-with-students-of-Estonian-Academy-of-Arts_021-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Introduction-to-Risograph-Printing-with-students-of-Estonian-Academy-of-Arts_021-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Center for Narrative Practice hosted the biennial's educational program and recaptured some of the social vitality the building had when it was a city library. <br>Photos: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-395588c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"395588c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22b167d\" data-id=\"22b167d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1386d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1386d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another unused space taken over by Manifesta 14 was the Brick Factory. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The long-abandoned building was privatized after the war before the Municipality of Prishtina bought it from PAK. Consec<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">utive governments have made unfulfilled promises to revive it. There was once <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/kadriveseliofficial\/photos\/sot-vizitova-ambientet-e-ish-fabrik%C3%ABs-s%C3%AB-tjegullave-n%C3%AB-prishtin%C3%AB-t%C3%AB-cil%C3%ABn-e-kam-\/1256994067809130\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">talk<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of a Genocide Remembrance Museum and t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hen more recent electoral promises to turn it into a <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/gazetablic.com\/uran-ismaili-prezanton-projektin-per-qendren-digjitale-tulla-hub-foto\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">digital center<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and combined cultural scientific <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pretrit\/posts\/pfbid02ZTAeErLy1rUA9CUKgyG5wfKv5cpaKCLgJ6Qr9F79kJqNeFyrSthvm4NBnXD1JYyJl\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">space<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for youth. Instead, it has languished for years as an illegal dumping ground.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manifesta 14 sought to turn the site into an eco-urban learning center and invited raumlaborberlin, a German collective of architects and urbanists, to transform the space, which was cleaned up and used for events during the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> biennial.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the way to the Brick Factory, your map may have taken you through a segment of abandoned train tracks that Manifesta 14 promised to reimagine as the &#8220;Green Corridor,&#8221; following the <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/how-to-tell-stories-otherwise\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">urban vision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the design studio CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati. The intervention consisted of a yellow 1,300-meter wooden pedestrian path along the tracks that divide the Arb\u00ebria neighborhood from the city center. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9366d33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9366d33\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f99668c\" data-id=\"f99668c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dab3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86dab3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Green-Corridor-2022-\u00a9-CRA-Carlo-Ratti-Associati.-Photo-\u00a9-Manifesta-14-Prishtin-Ivan-Erofeev.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83639\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Green-Corridor-2022-\u00a9-CRA-Carlo-Ratti-Associati.-Photo-\u00a9-Manifesta-14-Prishtin-Ivan-Erofeev.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Green-Corridor-2022-\u00a9-CRA-Carlo-Ratti-Associati.-Photo-\u00a9-Manifesta-14-Prishtin-Ivan-Erofeev-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Green-Corridor-2022-\u00a9-CRA-Carlo-Ratti-Associati.-Photo-\u00a9-Manifesta-14-Prishtin-Ivan-Erofeev-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Green-Corridor-2022-\u00a9-CRA-Carlo-Ratti-Associati.-Photo-\u00a9-Manifesta-14-Prishtin-Ivan-Erofeev-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Green-Corridor-2022-\u00a9-CRA-Carlo-Ratti-Associati.-Photo-\u00a9-Manifesta-14-Prishtin-Ivan-Erofeev-326x218.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Green-Corridor-2022-\u00a9-CRA-Carlo-Ratti-Associati.-Photo-\u00a9-Manifesta-14-Prishtin-Ivan-Erofeev-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">By the end of Manifesta, the paths along the Green Corridor had faded and some of the newly planted trees had died. Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Ivan Erofeev.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3aa65c8\" data-id=\"3aa65c8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c5275 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"12c5275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_182.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83636\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_182.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_182-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_182-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_182-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_182-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_182-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-360b926 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"360b926\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c67a84e\" data-id=\"c67a84e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e60f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e60f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_065-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83683\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_065-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_065-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_065-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_065-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_065-1-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Workshop-at-Brick-factory_Day1_065-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">There were big plans for the Brick Factory, but they have mostly gone unfulfilled. <br>Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbde91e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbde91e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e012b0\" data-id=\"0e012b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-177cfb4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"177cfb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Arb\u00ebria\u2019s residents, the daily routine of having to walk through improvised paths \u2014 muddy on rainy days and dusty in summer \u2014 to reach the city center is an almost Sisyphean activity. The Green Corridor aimed to create a more accessible, greener and safer space for pedestrians and to change their relationship to that slice of the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the close of the biennial, the eye-catching yellow had already started to fade, some of the new trees didn\u2019t survive the summer and the path does not seem to have attracted many residents. According to Manifesta 14, the Municipality of Prishtina will continue developing the project for the next seven years in close collaboration with UN-Habitat, a United Nations urbanism program.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green painted dots across the city led to Manifesta venues. One set led to another neglected space turned into an exhibition: the Great Hammam. Built in the 15th century, the hammam is one of the dwindling few remnants of Ottoman architecture in the city. No longer a vibrant locale of social bathes, the space has been crumbling for decades.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e753734 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e753734\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ba84db\" data-id=\"6ba84db\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a09e585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a09e585\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chiharu-Shiota-Installing_007-copy-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83660\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chiharu-Shiota-Installing_007-copy-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chiharu-Shiota-Installing_007-copy-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chiharu-Shiota-Installing_007-copy-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chiharu-Shiota-Installing_007-copy-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chiharu-Shiota-Installing_007-copy-2-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Chiharu-Shiota-Installing_007-copy-2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Chiharu Shiota's visually stunning installation at the Great Hammam attracted everyone from teens seeking Instagram photo backdrops to politicians. <br>Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cbd4efe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cbd4efe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d1cd55\" data-id=\"5d1cd55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4c46aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4c46aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside the hammam was \u201cTell me your story,\u201d <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Kosovo2.0\/videos\/512223730669969\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a work <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by artist Chiharu Shiota that consisted of pieces of paper with personal stories written on them, all hanging from red yarn tied to the rafters. The eye-catching installation attracted everyone from teens looking for a pretty backdrop for an Instagram photo to politicians giving press conferences, potentially instilling in the people of Prishtina the possibility this overlooked space still holds.<\/span><\/p><p><b>The old problems remain<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Prishtina\u2019s most visually distinctive buildings, The Palace of Youth and Sports, was Manifesta\u2019s temporary home base and also the place where the biennial kicked off back in August. Housing interventions by Flaka Haliti, Lee Bul and Astrit Ismaili, Manifesta re-injected some of the youth culture spirit that has been largely missing for the past decades and drew the President, Prime Minister and Mayor to the opening event along with hundreds of people.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d8bb03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d8bb03\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bce892c\" data-id=\"bce892c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a40ef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a40ef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IVER1608.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83642\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IVER1608.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IVER1608-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IVER1608-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IVER1608-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IVER1608-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/IVER1608-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Palace of Youth and Sports was Manifesta's temporary home and housed interventions by Flaka Haliti, Lee Bul and Astrit Ismaili. Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Ivan Erofeev<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfc527a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfc527a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e235f4\" data-id=\"3e235f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d63a4ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d63a4ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the building has not always enjoyed the attention of Kosovo\u2019s leadership. Similar to many buildings where Manifesta hosted events and exhibitions, the Palace has been under PAK and then Municipal ownership, and years of promises to restore aging infrastructure have long gone unfulfilled.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the red carpet w<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as rolled out for Manifesta, the Oda Theatre, which has been housed in the Palace since 2003, <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/behind-the-scenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been complaining<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about upkeep, heating, insulation and safety issues for years. Thoug<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">h a call for renovation designs for the n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on-profit theater organization\u2019s facilities was announced in 2021, no steps have been taken. When K2.0 contacted the Municipality to ask about the plan they said, \u201cWe are very busy with Manifesta.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has left local cultural organizations feeling neglected. Playwright Jeton Neziraj, director of the non-profit cultural organization Qendra Multimedia, which shares space with the Oda Theatre, is critical of the \u201chostile circumstances\u201d local organizations face in comparison with the open-handed government support offered to Manifesta. While Oda and Qendra Multimedia are housed in a basement of the Palace and face serious infrastructural problems, Neziraj said, the \u201cinternationals,\u201d that is, Manifesta, were granted comfortable offices above.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manifesta 14 found Kosovo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s arts and culture sector grappling with systemic problems that have been accumulating over the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> past two decades,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with independent cultural organizations facing unstable financial support, a lack of work space and rigid <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/behind-the-scenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bureaucratic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hurdles to access public funds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizers of the biennial have estimated the total budget of this year&#8217;s biennial at roughly 6 million euros, out of which 69% was paid for with public funds from Kosovo<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the Municipality of Prishtina and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport were the main contributors. Prishtina\u2019s municipal Directorate of Culture has repeatedly declined to provide K2.0 with a more detailed budget of what they allocated to Manifesta and how it was spent, citing the need to wait for final reports after Manifesta ends.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a local <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/nacionale.com\/podcast\/dha-doreheqje-nga-ekipi-i-rames-dhe-bordi-i-manifestes-kjo-eshte-storja-e-vesa-sahatciut\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">podcast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Vesa Sahat\u00e7iu, former advisor to Prishtina\u2019s mayor and former Manifesta 14 board member, stated that the Municipality provided around 2 million euros to the biennial. The Ministry of Culture told K2.0 in an email that it allocated 1,971,881 euros to Manifesta.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public funding for Manifesta faced some backlash after details emerged of two dinner bills, totaling over 5,000 euros, that the city paid for international guests. The Municipality <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/komunaprishtine\/posts\/448101247352633\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">responded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the furor saying that the expenses were in accordance with city regulations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The news was particularly galling to Jeton Neziraj. \u201cThe generous relationship of the state with Manifesta 14 was a hypocrisy, considering how the local cultural scene has been marginalized and neglected for years,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, Qendra Multimedia was allocated 5,000 euros from the Ministry of Culture for their annual Polip International Literary Festival. In a caustic Facebook post, Qendra Multimedia <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QendraMultimedia\/posts\/pfbid02rwQHDVr8TttqZJvM1u7G78T1wvTcaDf6bbdxiTyrSevHGxEFSbQFepmZ5zPvR9tol\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rejected<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the funding, describing it as paltry and insufficient, and suggested sarcastically that the Ministry give it all to Manifesta. This type of frustration about the biennial from cultural figures is widespread, though few voice it openly.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70e2185 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70e2185\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66097fa\" data-id=\"66097fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6fc8d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6fc8d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_M14-Prishtina-Closing_032.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83618\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_M14-Prishtina-Closing_032.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_M14-Prishtina-Closing_032-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_M14-Prishtina-Closing_032-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_M14-Prishtina-Closing_032-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_M14-Prishtina-Closing_032-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_M14-Prishtina-Closing_032-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Manifesta opened and closed with large public events and concerts. <br> Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20db23e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20db23e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f15a18\" data-id=\"7f15a18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-429fa43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"429fa43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veton Nurkollari, the artistic director of Prizren&#8217;s international film festival Dokufest, had similar concerns. In an <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/veton-nurkollari-we-want-to-alarm-the-situation-is-alarming\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with K2.0 in August, he said that the state&#8217;s massive financial support for Manifesta 14 showed what can be done for cultural events in Kosovo. But he also noted his frustration that Dokufest must continue applying for tedious calls for public support whereas &#8220;Manifesta 14 did not apply to any call and received several million from public funds.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Manifesta received roughly 4 million euros in public funds, the most recent annual allocation of funds to cultural organizations from the Ministry of Culture was 1.7 million euros. This sum was <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koha.net\/kulture\/340067\/ministria-e-kultures-perkrah-51-organizata-me-mbi-1-7-milion-euro\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">divided<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mkrs-ks.org\/repository\/docs\/Thirrja_projektet_kulturore_art_dhe_trashegimi_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">51 organizations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was delayed eight months.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manifesta 14 stated that around half of their total budget, just over 3 million euros, went to direct spending and investment in Kosovo, for example, covering artists&#8217; commissions, restoration projects and interventions, preparing places like the Grand Hotel for public accessibility and for salaries of Prishtina-based staff.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, for artist Driton Selmani, Manifesta 14\u2019s legacy is about more than money, it was an opportunity for capacity building. \u201cThere was meaningful local input. Many cultural workers were employed by Manifesta 14 and I think that\u2019s a valuable experience for future cultural institutions we are aspiring to establish,\u201d he said. Of the biennial&#8217;s 53 full-time employees, 88% were Kosovars and an additional 175 locals were trained and hired as support staff and employed for the 100 days of biennial.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the restrictive visa regime, many Kosovars can\u2019t access the international art world, particularly Manifesta\u2019s next host country Spain, which has not recognized Kosovo&#8217;s independence. For artist Alban Muja, the fact that Manifesta managed to bring the international art world to Kosovars was its most significant feature. \u201cYoung Kosovar artists do not have many opportunities to visit art institutions or exhibit their work abroad, so Manifesta 14 was important for them,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-121b711 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"121b711\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b421504\" data-id=\"b421504\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffbc2eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ffbc2eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Team-Building-with-Support-Tem-at-Red-Hall_059.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83630\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Team-Building-with-Support-Tem-at-Red-Hall_059.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Team-Building-with-Support-Tem-at-Red-Hall_059-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Team-Building-with-Support-Tem-at-Red-Hall_059-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Team-Building-with-Support-Tem-at-Red-Hall_059-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Team-Building-with-Support-Tem-at-Red-Hall_059-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Team-Building-with-Support-Tem-at-Red-Hall_059-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Manifesta 14 employed a large number of locals in full staff positions and in short-term support positions. <br>Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-261aecd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"261aecd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-062d4e8\" data-id=\"062d4e8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3893d43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3893d43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sociologist and University of Prishtina lecturer Linda Gusia cited the Center for Narrative Practice as Manifesta&#8217;s &#8220;best success story,&#8221; in the way it took a derelict public space and renewed it for public use. Though she added that there should be more information available to the public for the plans about the Center\u2019s future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Manifesta, the CNP will continue its activity until at least 2027 \u201cwith a projected investment of 1 million euros&#8221; and will be the property of the Municipality of Prishtina. The Municipality did not answer K2.0&#8217;s questions about how the CNP will be financed and how it will be managed after the end of Manifesta 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most significant and successful instances of renewing derelict public spaces in Prishtina prior to Manifesta was <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/kosovotwopointzero.com\/en\/termokiss-philosophy-just-warming-up\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Termokiss<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In a large abandoned structure once owned by Prishtina\u2019s public heating company, a group of young people moved in and transformed it into a community center and event space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Termokiss, however, does not appear on Manifesta\u2019s green and purple map and its core members haven\u2019t been involved in the revitalization of spaces like the CNP or the Brick Factory due to differences of opinion about what a potential collaboration would involve.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f762678 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f762678\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8443def\" data-id=\"8443def\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7117640 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7117640\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Handkerchiefs-and-games-on-the-move_Termokiss_003.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83612\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Handkerchiefs-and-games-on-the-move_Termokiss_003.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Handkerchiefs-and-games-on-the-move_Termokiss_003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Handkerchiefs-and-games-on-the-move_Termokiss_003-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Handkerchiefs-and-games-on-the-move_Termokiss_003-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Handkerchiefs-and-games-on-the-move_Termokiss_003-326x217.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AM_Handkerchiefs-and-games-on-the-move_Termokiss_003-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Termokiss is one of the most successful instances of youth-led grassroots urban reclamation in Prishtina. <br> Photo: \u00a9 Manifesta 14 Prishtina | Atdhe Mulla.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef47d44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef47d44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fa2ac4\" data-id=\"2fa2ac4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d78e73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d78e73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikki Murseli, an architect and an activist of the Termokiss community, has questioned the need for an entirely new center such as the CNP and said that a number of existing Prishtina cultural organizations were hoping the space would accommodate their needs for more working space and technological resources, as opposed to housing a new organization. \u201cIt was not taken into consideration during the discussion whether we need such a new center,&#8221; she said, &#8220;or whether we need more space that can be shared by existing organizations.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Manifesta invited Termokiss to contribute to the revitalization of the Brick Factory, Murseli claims that Manifesta\u2019s \u201capproach was as if we were not a partner. When they presented the work and what they wanted to do, to me [they] sounded more like a competitor in the local scene.\u201d <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There was word that the Brick Factory would be used as a space for start-ups, technology companies and freelancers during and after the biennial. Manifesta offered the space and some budget to Innovation Centre Kosovo (ICK) to start putting the plans in motion but little ended up happening \u201cdue to weather and lack of proper internet,\u201d according to the biennial.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, the Green Corridor appears to have fallen short of what was envisioned. Gusia suggested that what was lacking was a more meaningful engagement with the people who use the space and said that significant urban shifts cannot be achieved with short-term projects.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murseli also had concerns about the Green Corridor. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen where that so-called Green Corridor actually is,\u201d she said. \u201cAs an architect, I expected a more professional project; as a citizen, I want to know how much money from the state budget was spent there.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manifesta showed that with the right mobilization, the cultural sector in Kosovo can flourish. As Pr<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ishtina Mayor P\u00ebrparim Rama <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/culture\/article\/2022\/07\/29\/manifesta-14-in-pristina-an-edition-full-of-treasures-politics-and-hope-for-kosovo_5991897_30.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in an interview for Le Monde, &#8220;The city and the biennial have joined forces to achieve a transformation of the public domain.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rama was on the board of Manifesta 14. He was appointed prior to being elected mayor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, this mobilization has left some parts of the local cultural scene feeling as if \u201cthe entire state apparatus has been in service of Manifesta,&#8221; as Neziraj said, &#8220;while they do not even reply to our emails.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><b>What&#8217;s next?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many praise Manifesta 14\u2019s impact and celebrate the opportunities it has opened for Kosovo\u2019s cultural scene. Selmani believes that Manifesta 14 \u201chas removed the dust from the richness we have,\u201d adding that Manifesta\u2019s legacy should be a renewed confidence for Kosovars to \u201cbuild our own story.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But others ask what Manifesta leaves in its wake. \u201cWhat is the exit plan? Will they pack all the exhibitions on the 1st of November and leave?\u201d asked Linda Gusia. According to Manifesta 14, there is discussion that the Municipality of Prishtina and the Ministry of Culture may acquire artworks by Kosovar and regional participants of this year&#8217;s biennial, but no concrete plans have been made public.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biennial\u2019s organizers told K2.0 that they will publish an impact report including interviews with locals. The results will be published in the spring of 2023. A separate report looking at returns on investment and focus group data will follow.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b4ec832 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b4ec832\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-315b39f\" data-id=\"315b39f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb8e76f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb8e76f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Manifesta_Yll-Rugova-Muzeu-Bashkohore.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-83651\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Manifesta_Yll-Rugova-Muzeu-Bashkohore.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Manifesta_Yll-Rugova-Muzeu-Bashkohore-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Manifesta_Yll-Rugova-Muzeu-Bashkohore-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Manifesta_Yll-Rugova-Muzeu-Bashkohore-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Manifesta_Yll-Rugova-Muzeu-Bashkohore-326x218.jpg 326w, https:\/\/archive.kosovotwopointzero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Manifesta_Yll-Rugova-Muzeu-Bashkohore-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Manifesta 14 has inspired many Kosovars to create a local museum of contemporary art. <br>Two days before Manifesta closed, a conference was held to discuss the issue. Photo: MKRS.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4844623 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4844623\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e532a7\" data-id=\"2e532a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e5aee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15e5aee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During preparation for Manifesta and during the 100 days of the event, local calls for Kosovo to have its own permanent museum of contemporary art grew stronger. Proponents hope this may be one of the longer-lasting concrete results of the biennial. In May 2022, the Ministry of Culture announced plans for such a museum and Minister Hajrulla \u00c7eku appointed an exploratory council on the topic to be led by Yll Rugova, the vice chair of Manifesta 14\u2019s board and the head of Prishtina\u2019s Directorate of Culture when Manifesta was invited to the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On October 28, two days before Manifesta 14 ended, the Ministry of Culture hosted a symposium to discuss ideas about the future museum, about which Minister \u00c7eku said they are using Manifesta\u2019s knowledge and experience to develop. Either the Brick Factory or Rilindja&#8217;s annex building are being considered as locations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For now, Manifesta 14 has pledged to be a bit less nomadic than in past editions, and plans to leave behind a contingent to help run the Center for Narrative Practice. They have funding for four years, but it is not clear how exactly it will be managed or what precisely Manifesta\u2019s role will be. The Municipality of Prishtina has declined to answer questions about the future management, ownership and budget of the Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After Manifesta largely leaves, it seems some buildings will be left in the derelict condition they were found in. Prishtina\u2019s Great Hammam appears to be one such case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021 the hammam was supposed to be refurbished by TIKA and a memorandum to that effect was signed. But after TIKA requested the hammam be renamed the Fatih Hammam Museum (\u201cfatih\u201d meaning \u201cconqueror\u201d), there was public backlash about the attempt at a politicized celebration of the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. Shortly after, the Cultural Heritage Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture canceled the decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">K2.0 asked the Municipality of Prishtina whether the plans to restore the hammam and convert it into a museum still stand but they have not answered. When asked about plans for the hammam, the Ministry of Culture mentioned an existing memorandum with TIKA, though the 2021 project was canceled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Manifesta\u2019s legacy and the future of the cultural scene in Kosovo is unclear, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport announced just a day after the biennial closed that they will be increasing their yearly budget from 39 million euros in 2022 to over 57 million in 2023. The Ministry has also <\/span><a style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #fff101\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mkrs-ks.org\/?page=1,6,3109#.Y2Ozo-zMK3I\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that they are \u201ctaking steps to make sure that there is a tangible and concrete legacy of Manifesta, something that will be finalized in the coming days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Manifesta makes its way to Barcelona where the 15th edition will take place in 2024, one thing seems certain \u2014 with Spain not recognizing Kosovo\u2019s independence and the onerous visa regime in place, few if any Kosovars seem likely to participate in the nomadic biennial any time soon.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfce07d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfce07d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-82ec250\" data-id=\"82ec250\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7fb9b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7fb9b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b style=\"letter-spacing: -0.1px;\"><i>Disclaimer: K2.0\u2019s editor-in-chief Besa Luci is an unpaid member of Manifesta 14\u2019s board. She had no role in the production of this article and was not informed of its contents prior to publication.<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><b>Feature image: Atdhe Mulla \/ K2.0.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5259440 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5259440\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9e2ab5\" data-id=\"b9e2ab5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-884e6ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"884e6ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 80%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>The content of this article is the sole responsibility of K2.0.<\/i><br><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"font-size: 80%;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curious about how our journalism is funded? 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