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The Blue House - Meet and screening with Hamedine Kane and Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy
Exclusive screening of the film La Maison bleue! A conversation between Hamedine Kane and Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy, based on the artist's work, will unfold the issues that run through him, places of passage, transit and exile. Territories where attempts at resistance emerge, such as those implemented by Alpha in his house-workshop in the Calais camp. The film presents itself as a point of convergence of life trajectories, an encounter that transcends the desolation of place and politics. This subtle, intimate entry into the space of exile will open the door to the artist's other projects, notably Habiter le Monde, in which spaces open up like endless roads, and Dans l'ombre de nos fantômes, in which a deconstruction of the imbalances that govern maritime space is articulated, while invoking mythical spaces on the water between Africa, the Caribbean and Europe.
Dates and times
Sunday, September 22, 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Address
Port of Tangier - Opposite Bab El Marsa, Tangier, Morocco
Documentary directed by Hamedine Kane
Belgium, France, Senegal - 2020 - 56 minutes - Color
Hamedine Kane films from inside the Calais Jungle, without trying to capture it as a whole. His portrait is threefold: that of his friend Alpha, complex, fascinating, passionate, a builder and in search of papers; that of the jungle, from the paths of friendship and the personal; that of migration, bearing witness to recent international upheavals, but also to the place that words, listening and images can play in it. "In the heart of the Calais Jungle (France), its blue facade and straw roof stand out. Designed as a reminder of his native land, the "blue house on the hill" is the work of Alpha, an artist who has been in exile for many years. When Senegalese-Mauritanian filmmaker Hamedine Kane meets him again, they naturally talk about their native village, where everything has changed since then. It's in this tone of confidence between friends and seemingly innocuous discussions that this portrait of migration unfolds, which, beneath its modest appearance, powerfully thwarts the clichés associated with this subject. Passionate, funny and sometimes angry, Alpha succeeds in creating a living space where we only see the passage, while exposing the exploitation of the migrant figure. A lesson in humanism. (Bruno Dequen)
Hamedine Kane
Hamedine Kane, a Senegalese-Mauritanian artist and director born in 1983, lives between Brussels, Paris and Dakar. Trained as a librarian, he studied the book trade in Paris before moving to Brussels in 2004. His artistic practice explores themes of migration and borders, using film, photography and performance. In 2020, he directed "La Maison Bleue," which won awards at several festivals. Co-founder of "L'École des Mutants," he focuses on the transmission of post-colonial knowledge.
Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy
Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy (b. 1988, Dakar) is an exhibition curator and cultural mediator. Her research focuses on Senegal's cultural policies since the 1960s and on the market dynamics influencing the contemporary art scene in Africa and its diaspora. She is program director of RAW Material Company, a center for art, knowledge and society founded in 2008 by curator Koyo Kouoh. With RAW, Fatima has co-curated several exhibitions, including La ville est à nous / The city is ours: Carole Diop & Nzinga Mboup (2023) and Suñu Jant (Our sun), a collaboration with Little Sun (2022). Bintou Rassoul Sy holds a degree in exhibition science and techniques from the Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne). Before joining RAW, she worked in reception and cultural mediation at institutions such as the Louvre Museum, the Rodin Museum, the Grand Palais and the Louis Vuitton Foundation. Returning to Dakar in 2018, she played a key role in the opening of the Museum of Black Civilizations.
Photo : Hamedine Kane
