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Manifold Books #30
Arefeh Riahi
Be My Ghost
06/03/'26-18/07/'26
Dear reader,
In Be My Ghost, a sound piece in three episodes, Arefeh Riahi takes the listener on a metaphorical phantom ride. Each episode consists of a letter, written and read by the artist, in which she takes Manifold Books' founder Maartje Fliervoet on a fictive walk through Tehran, her hometown. Departing from her long term engagement with hauntology and undecidability, the work explores the relation between the migrant and the so-called host, complicated by the factor of time.
Since March 6 the first iteration of Be My Ghost is installed in our staircase and can be visited by appointment only. The second and third episodes will be released over the coming months, in tandem with our upcoming activities.
See you soon,
Manifold Books
About our current year programme Of Ghosts and Flowers
Of Ghosts and Flowers proposes a transition from our 2024
programme The Sphinx's Riddle around grief and transformation to
an exhibition and event series about non-linear time experiences in 2025
and 2026. The urgency for this arose from the content of this programme,
and how the system of linear time imposed on us disintegrates in the
face of death, grief and profound mental and physical transformative
processes. In addition, it feels urgent to formulate alternative forms
of dealing with time because our system of linear time is linked to our
growth-oriented economic system; the biggest driver of climate change.
The embodied sensations we will look into include non-human perspectives
as well as human ones. Of Ghosts and Flowers departs from the
work of Rosemary Mayer (1943-2014). Be My Ghost is the current presentation within this programme. More information on upcoming shows and activities will follow soon.
Post production Be My Ghost by Erfan Abdi.
Special thanks to Radio Alhara and Lara Khaldi.
Sadly, we are currently unable to process any unsolicited project
proposals.
~So far, Manifold Books has organized shows/projects with: Francisca Khamis Giacoman, Steve Kado, Clem Edwards, Rosemary Mayer,
Natalia Papaeva,
Philipp Gufler/the Paul Hoecker
Research Group, Dagmar Bosma,
Katja Mater,
Daniel Godínez-Nivón,
Ana Navas, Marianna Maruyama, Nicoline van Harskamp, Selma
Selman, Dan Zhu, Ada M. Patterson, Theresa Hak
Kyung Cha, Isabelle
Sully and Matt Hinkley (Unbidden Tongues), Hadassah Emmerich,
Eileen
Quinlan, Melissa Gordon,
To See the Inability to See,
Ada Van Hoorebeke, Kato Six,
Riet Wijnen, Patricia Esquivias,
Aglaia
Konrad, Özlem Altın,
Gwenneth Boelens, Barbara Neves
Alves, Baha Görkem Yalım,
Martín La Roche Contreras,
Dongyoung Lee, Maartje Fliervoet
Each of these artists have made unique book editions, see a selection of
photos
About Manifold Books
Founded in 2015 by Maartje Fliervoet in her Amsterdam studio space,
Manifold Books’ activities may be best described as a spatial
investigation exploring connections between art and books. With each
exhibition a few titles are added to its book collection (all including
artists’ interventions). Manifold Books has received funding from: the
Mondriaan Fund (2019, 2023-2026); AFK (2020, 2021, 2022, 2025
and 2026); het Cultuurfonds (2021-22, 2024 and 2025), Stichting Symbio (2025), the Netherland-America Foundation (2025). This year, its
programme will be supported by the AFK, het
Cultuurfonds, Pictoright Fonds, Stroom Den Haag and the Mondriaan Fund.
Manifold Books is a foundation with an independent board consisting of:
Arnisa Zeqo (chair)
Stephanie Noach (secretary)
Paul Domela (treasurer)