Swap keys - Luz Broto Luz Broto

It matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise, Manifesta 14 ,

Swap keys, Action, July 2022

I propose locals and visitors meet at a locksmith, swap a copy of their house key, share their contact details and keep each other keys forever.

For Manifesta 14 Prishtina, I was invited to do a context-specific project without a specific location. Based on the fact that people from other countries would travel to Prishtina to visit Manifesta, but people from Kosovo would not be able to visit their countries back. And also, based on the well-known Kosovar hospitality, I propose to create encounters between locals and visitors that may go beyond the time and place of the biennial.

Website and booking: swapkeys.site

Story of the project: swapkeys.site/about/

Instagram: @wapkeys

This action is a continuation of the works brought together in the book Put oneself in the place of the other (Luz Broto, 2022). The book is presented at Manifesta 14 Prishtina, at the Centre for Narrative Practice and in the Foyer of the Grand Hotel.

Posters and postcards.

English: Meet a local. Albanian: Meet a visitor

Design Oficina de disseny

Printed at Gagi Print, Prishtina, KOS

Produced by: Manifesta 14
Supported by: Institut Ramon Llull and AMMODO
Curated by: Catherine Nichols
Production: Lendita Idrizi
Swap Keys Coordinator: Erna Zatriqi
Copy Editor: Alba Montero
Graphic Design: Oficina de Disseny
Translation support: Nuria R. Riestra

Thanks to: Manifesta 14 Team, Termokiss, Suhel Ahmeti, Matilde Amigo, Diego Bustamante, Hedwig Fijen, Gloria Fusté, Dora García, Tristan Halilaj, Dren Maliqi, Anna Manubens, Catherine Nichols, Driton Selmani, Tatiana Tarrago and Era Bata, Yll Avdiu, Manushaqe Ibrahimi, Adi Sylejmani, Vlera Gyhelli, Adea Tyfekqi, Sara Cafleshi, Jon Macula.