Emre Abut, Özlem Altın, Halil Altındere, Mehtap Baydu, Merve Kaplan, Pınar Öğrenci, Gürsoy Doğta

Manifesta 16 | Bochum, Essen, Gelsenkirschen, Duisburg, Almanya

SAHA supports Manifesta 16 within the scope of Emre Abut, Özlem Altın, Halil Altındere, Mehtap Baydu, Merve Kaplan, Pınar Öğrenci’s new projects and creative mediator Gürsoy Doğtaş between 21 June – 4 October 2026.

Manifesta 16 takes place in four cities across the Ruhr Area – Duisburg, Essen, Gelsenkirchen and Bochum. Former and under-used church buildings will be transformed into cultural and community hub, where Manifesta 16 presents events, workshops, exhibitions and site-specific artistic commissions and installations.

The artistic programme has been developed by an inter-disciplinary artistic team, composed of eight Creative Mediators: Josep Bohigas, Gürsoy Doğtaş and three intergenerational tandems — Michael Kurtz & Henry Meyric Hughes, René Block & Leonie Herweg, and Krzystof Kosciuczuk & Anda Rottenberg.

About Manifesta

Manifesta – the European Nomadic Biennial relocates to a new city every two years. Following invitations from these Host Cities, the biennial engages both local and international audiences through artistic projects, urban experiments, architectural interventions and educational programmes. Manifesta depends on the collaboration and co-production between local and international actors and communities to be an incubator for change. Addressing current social, political and cultural European issues, Manifesta creates sustainable and long-term legacies.