On June 11th, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, also known as Manifesta, began its 100-day stint in this edition's host city, Zurich, Switzerland. The festival's center-piece is a timber raft floating on Lake Zurich, known as the Pavilion of Reflections. The temporary structure was designed and realized by Studio Tom Emerson and a team of thirty students from ETH Zurich. Constructed primarily of timber, Christian Jankowski, curator of Manifesta 11, describes the exhibit ?as a floating multi-functional platform with a giant LED screen, a stand for spectators, a swimming pool and a bar.?

© Laurian Ghinitoiu

On June 11th, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art, also known as Manifesta, began its 100-day stint in this edition's host city, Zurich, Switzerland. The festival's center-piece is a timber raft floating on Lake Zurich, known as the Pavilion of Reflections. The temporary structure was designed and realized by Studio Tom Emerson and a team of thirty students from ETH Zurich. Constructed primarily of timber, Christian Jankowski, curator of Manifesta 11, describes the exhibit ?as a floating multi-functional platform with a giant LED screen, a stand for spectators, a swimming pool and a bar.?
© Laurian Ghinitoiu

The pavilion's varied program responds to the biennial's founding desire ?to explore the psychological and geographical territory of Europe an...