Playing on eclectic parallels and contrasts between the literary sense of the word “plot” and the Biennial’s overarching themes, Manual for Treason will feature a series of editions in which the guest editor is asked to take on the role of curator, editing and producing the content and design of his or her own version in this one-of-a-kind compilation of texts and images.

Bi-lingual writers, translators, legal scholars, curators, art historians, critics, filmmakers, artists and theorists were invited to guest edit their version of the manual, eloquent suggestion of conspiracy, in one or more of the languages they possess in addition to English.Guest editors include: Omar Berrada and Érik Bullot (French and English), Başak Ertür (Turkish and English), Angela Harutyunyan and Aras Özgun (Armenian, Turkish, Arabic and English), Maha Maamoun and Haytham El-Wardany (Arabic and English), Murtaza Vali (Bengali, Urdu and English), and Ashkan Sepahvand (Farsi and English).