Manifest Sessions

The Manifest Sessions are a feedback programme conceived to support the development of emerging voices in the arts. In these sessions, we pay attention to the artist’s voice and how it resonates in written form.

Artists are faced with a certain pressure to defend and articulate their practice. A motivation letter is usually asked for when making applications for grants and residencies, as well as artist statements for the communication of exhibitions and such.

These sessions grew from a need that we experienced during the personal feedback meetings given to the artists who applied to the open call of MORPHO’s development residency. The general pointers shared by our artistic team are based on the infelicities that we recurrently encounter.

There surely isn't a one-size-fits-all approach. To personalize the session, participating artists are invited to submit a recent motivation letter or artist statement in advance. We will select specific parts of these letters to read and discuss together what works well and why.

Ultimately, the goal of these sessions is to delve deeper into questions about how artists choose to represent themselves; how to give one's work persona a distinctive voice; how to come closer to making manifest what drives and defines the work.