Programme

Plastic is an integral part of our daily lives, to the point of seeming almost indispensable. How does our relationship with plastic manifest itself? Is it really essential to our lives? How do we perceive its impact on our society and our environment?

Join artist and author Aicha Bint Yusif to read Palestinian poetry together and write collectively about forms of solidarity and our hopes for the future.

Join us every afternoon for a musical journey in community with Radio Alhara, broadcasting live from Bethlehem.

A listening session proposed by the artist Abdellah M. Hassak to navigate a sound map of water in Morocco and beyond.

The first panel talk opens on the city of Tangier! Conversation proposed by Think Tanger, an innovative cultural organization in dialogue with Port Cities, a project that extends thinking on port cities and maritime spaces beyond the Mediterranean.

The vibrant duo from Aita electro make their Tangier debut in a concert that sets the tone for the festival! Aïta Mon Amour is a duo made up of Widad Mjama and Khalil EPI . This project is the fruit of Widad's fascination with the ancestral Moroccan art of the Aïta, a popular musical genre rooted in the Moroccan countryside and sung by the Chikhates, the women guardians of a centuries-old tradition. Aïta, meaning 'cry' or 'call' in Moroccan dialect Arabic, embodies both the call of the warriors and the lament of love. This contemporary electronic musical project explores this rich tradition dating back to the 12th century. Aïta Mon Amour honors this oral art form with a desire to build bridges between past and present, to deconstruct the perceptions that define the genre, and to make it resonate in the contemporary, digital era.

GJ LEITH and GBW9 export the Marrakchia avant-garde with their G2G evening. G2G (GET 2GETHER) is a proposal initiated by a trio made up of GJ LEITH, GBW9 and Alia Belgsir since the first artistic residencies organized by the collective as part of the Khial Nkhel project. They offer the dj booth to 212 Thug, a rising star on the Moroccan scene, and Ninafterdark, a talented Italian artist and DJ with an elusive style.

Inspired by "Gyotaku", an ancient Japanese technique for reproducing fish prints on materials such as paper or fabric, this workshop led by Abderrahim Benatabou aims to raise awareness of the fragile existence of these species.

Bahija Sajid uses a monologue that blends plastic poetry and lyrical prose to reclaim her gesture of transmission. The performance combines hand-weaving and singing, exploring the transmission of stories and craft skills.

L'éloge du sensible is a chapter in a new series of photos and videos by artist Hamedine Kane, stemming from his iconographic research for the project "Le livre d'image, Africa XXI #1, Les luttes". Anchored in a perpetual wandering movement, this approach explores the manifestations of the living, bypassing anxiety-provoking social and political situations. Kane favors intimate, secret spaces of production, mobilizing the power of becoming in motion. Unlike power, which is often oppressive, power always belongs to and serves the people. The confinement and violence inflicted on the people are not inevitable, for with power, the people engage in a permanent revolutionary process.

"Dima Dayma" is the steroid-boosted, Cornelian autobiography of a polymer who would have preferred death to eternal wandering. Tossed about by the wind, the ragmen and the waves, a plastic bag recounts its misadventure to anyone who will listen. The story is supplemented by valuable information from waste management professionals, a former ragpicker and members of civil society...

For its second Panel Talk, Think Tanger will continue to explore the fate of cities and their transformations accelerated by exogenous factors. This meeting launches their new series entitled "Synthetic Agencies".

Alongside Hamedine Kane's solo exhibition at the Ibn Battuta Museum, the artist is offering an exclusive screening of three of his short films in the agora. This screening will be followed by a talk with Senegalese curator Fatima Bintou Rassoul Sy about one of the artist's latest projects, which investigates the devastating consequences of industrial fishing on Dakar's fishing communities. The films are: The Blue House, Inhabiting the World, and In the Shadow of Our Ghosts.

While exploring the city by bike with MJ Bike, you'll have the opportunity to use your QALAM to sketch and capture the surrounding details. This activity combines art and sustainable mobility, allowing you to enjoy the city while minimizing your environmental footprint.

Come and discover the various Art Explora Festival exhibitions with your association or group!