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"Tetuan, Tetuán, تطوان" - Evening screening and reading with Adrian Schindler and Aicha Trinidad
The film trilogy "Tetuan, Tetuán, تطوان" examines the Spanish colonial past in Morocco and its impacts on Spanish society through a collaborative approach. Each part, co-developed with Moroccan and Spanish cultural partners, resignifies places such as the Plaça de Tetuan in Barcelona, the Tetuán de las Victorias district in Madrid and the Teatro Cine "Español" in Tétouan. The film screening will be followed by a discussion with researcher Aicha Trinidad Gououi, who was invited as a chronicler during the filming of the second chapter, and who will read a text combining logbook, theoretical reflections and family stories to open the debate on the creative process and the methodological and ethical positions of the two artists.
Dates and times
Friday, September 27, 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Address
Port of Tangier - Opposite Bab El Marsa, Tangier, Morocco
The film trilogy "Tetuan, Tetuán, تطوان" addresses Spanish colonial past in Morocco and the traces it has left in Spanish society, using an experimental collaborative methodology, examining both cultural production and public space as well as the collective imaginary. Developed in three cities in dialogue with Moroccan and Spanish cultural agents, each of the three chapters explores narrative strategies for resignifying places such as Barcelona's Plaça de Tetuan, Madrid's Tetuán de las Victorias district and Tétouan's Teatro Cine "Español".
The first chapter of the trilogy, produced in Barcelona, focuses on the implication of representation in power relations and the persistence of colonial iconography in current audiovisual production. Close to monuments, two actors, a singer and a researcher share their experiences with cinema and television over coffee. An activist wanders through the Orientalist rooms of the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, questioning the distribution of roles and the mechanisms of film itself. And a hlaiqui gathers the crew on the Plaça de Tetuan and recounts the legendary trajectories of two Moroccan women who confronted the colonists and their vassals, breaking with stereotypes and canonical narratives.
On the last night of shooting the second chapter, a group of female singers, DJs and radio hosts gather at Madrid's Taverne Mozarabe. As Juan and Othmane play old records and cassettes from the Rif region, the protagonists discuss their Moroccan and Amazigh heritage, the role music played in the liberation movements, and their experiences over the previous shooting days. As the film transposes the memory of historical events in northern Morocco to current events in the Spanish capital, we follow Fátima, Huda, Ikram and Ibrahim as they perform in the streets of the Tetuán district, in front of a monument or in an underground parking lot. Punctuated by the Guardia Mora's latest broadcast and moments of laughter and dance in the tavern, their songs, poems and spoken words highlight the city's obscured colonial heritage and celebrate that the time has come for their generation to forge new narratives.
Tetuan, Tetuán, تطوان (Chapter 1)
2K two-channel video, 33 min, 2021
In collaboration with Salma Amzian, Ali el Aziz, Rita El Jebari, Abdel Aziz El Mountassir and Itzea Goikolea-Amiano.
Tetuan, Tetuán, تطوان (Chapter 2)
Single-channel 2K video, 30 min, 2023
In collaboration with Fátima Bourhim, Ikram Essaghir, Huda Laamarti, Ibrahim Ibnou Goush, La Guardia Mora and Sono Mayrit b2b Disco Atlas.
Adrian Schindler Franco-German artist and filmmaker based in Spain since 2014, lives and works between Tangier and Madrid. His practice explores European fascist and colonial legacies, focusing on Nazi Germany and Spanish colonial past in Morocco. Influenced by decolonial theories, he develops a collaborative work ethic, using archives as performative tools to interrogate current power relations. His work takes the form of performances, films, installations and public encounters.
Aicha Josefa Trinidad Gououi
Aicha Josefa Trinidad Gououi is an artist and researcher, doctoral student in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid. A fine arts graduate with a master's degree in artistic research, she is working on a thesis entitled *Resistencias del saber*, exploring a queer, feminist and anti-colonial dialogue between Spain and Morocco. She questions traditional academic language, highlighting the marginalization of non-Western knowledge. At the same time, she writes short stories, reflecting her critical approach to knowledge production.
Poster Credit: Sofia Fahli
