The "Pavilion of Reflections" is the temporary landmark and hub of the Manifesta 11 in Zurich
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Thirty architecture students, lead by their professor, Tom Emerson, were involved in the project, which was launched last summer
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The city's Museum of Modern Art (Kunsthaus Zürich) has organised a retrospective of the works of Francis Picabia. The French avantgarde painter and poet was one of the early major figures of the Dada movement
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The Löwenbräukunst, one of the main sites of the Manifesta 11, displays wood sculptures of Werner Büttner
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Opening events of the Manifesta exhibition at the Helmhaus (left) and the HnC artist agency which specialises in performances
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Eighty tonnes of sludge from the city's water waste treatment plant is on display at the Löwenbräukunst site. "Good thing the extractor fans are working," as an art critic from the English Guardian newspaper noted
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Another glimpse of the central presentation platform floating on Lake Zurich near the city centre. The Pavilion of Reflections includes a swimming pool and a big film screen
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Cartoon on the wall of the Löwenbräukunst in Zurich
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Michel Houellebecq submits documents and scans of his medical check-up to public scrutiny. A self-experiment with artistic ambition
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"Thinking outside the box" ("Um die Ecke denken") is part of a exhibition at the Haus Konstruktiv. It is one of many parallel events of the Manifesta
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Zurich University hosted "Transactions" (left) until July 10. It showed transactions between art and research. "Thinking out of the box" (right) at the Haus Konstruktiv was the site of another parallel event of the Manifesta
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The sound installation by Fritz Hauser is also part of the parallel events at Zurich University during the Manifesta 11
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Artists put their own works up for auction. The silent performance was staged as opening event of the newly founded HnC agency
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A scan of Michel Houellebecq's medical checkup, is put to public scrutiny (left). A butterfly sculpture of the Russian artist, Evgeny Antufiev, seen from behind (right)
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Zurich University turned its main building into a experimental space for artists and researchers. "Transactions" was a parallel event of the Manifesta 11
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"Transactions" at Zurich University: the main building became a space for artistic and scientific experiments during the Manifesta 11
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The landmark of the Manifesta 11: the Pavilion of Reflections serves as bar, cinema, discussion forum and as swimming pool
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Fritz Hauser's sound installation (left) and a performance of the HnC artist agency (right) during the Manifesta 11 in Zurich
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"Thinking out of the box" - the exhibition at the Haus Konstruktiv is one of many parallel events of the Manifesta 11
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When artist meets researcher: "Transactions" at Zurich University created space for experiments during the Manifesta 11
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Margaretha Debrunner presents the work of Shelly Nadashi at Zurich's Helmhaus as part of the "Five o'clock hypothesis " ("5-Uhr-These")
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Silent auction by artists of the HnC agency (left) and a butterfly in Evgeny Antufiev's "Garden of Eden"
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"Thinking out of the box" at the Haus Konstruktiv - scenes of the exhibition
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Until mid-September Zurich is playing host to the European Biennial of contemporary art, Manifesta. The more than 30 venues and collaborations in and around Switzerland’s largest city focus on the value of work with the rather apt theme: “What People Do for Money”.
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French author Michel Houellebecq displays artistically edited X-rays of his head and his right hand. He had checked himself into one of Zurich’s leading private clinics for the sake of art.
Russian artist Evgeny Antufiev’s objects show a fascination with rituals of remembrance. His butterfly artwork is a tribute to his compatriot and novelist Vladimir Nabokov who had a passion for lepidopterology.
The curator of the 11th edition of Manifesta, video artist Christian Jankovsky, said the theme of the exhibition is close to Zurich’s heart as many of its residents define themselves by their jobs.
As a result, Manifesta deals with the wide range of jobs and activities people do to earn money.
One of the most provocative venues is an arrangement of compressed cubes by Californian artist Mike Bouchet. His work, “The Zürich Load”, is a day’s worth of processed human faeces mixed with concrete. It prompted both criticismExternal link and amusementExternal link in the media and the art world.
The artistic highlight and temporary landmark is the “Pavilion of Reflections”, a floating island with an integrated cinema and swimming pool. It is was made in co-operation with 30 architecture students from Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, led by Studio Tom Emerson.
Organisers expect an estimated 100,000 visitors from around the world to visit Manifesta, which opened in June and is due to end in September.
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