MANIFESTA 15
Space Design
at Elsa Yranzo Studio
at Elsa Yranzo Studio
A collective edible intervention conceived to inaugurate Manifesta 15 in Barcelona. Through the transformation of a banner into a shared act of consumption, the project reinterpreted monumentality, memory and urban identity as processes that can be dismantled, reimagined and collectively rebuilt.
Developed for the opening ceremony at Les Tres Xemeneies, the proposal responded to the biennial’s call for an ecosocial transition. The site — marked by three monumental industrial chimneys — became both context and narrative structure. The intervention sought to reclaim the symbolic weight of the space while opening it to new perspectives shaped by community and participation.
We conceptualized a new typology of banner. Traditionally an emblem of permanence and power, the banner was fragmented, deconstructed and transformed into an edible installation. Rather than being raised and preserved, it was designed to disappear through a shared gesture. A symbol not to be displayed, but to be consumed. A large communal table extended the installation. Covered with edible “concrete” fragments, it referenced the heavy urban slab that has historically shaped Barcelona’s metropolitan landscape. Guests were invited to break, share and eat these fragments alongside the ingredients displayed in the totems, transforming a symbol of rigidity into a collective act of nourishment.