Programme

Discover the exhibition exploring new and ancient mythologies of water with guest artists Youmein and QANAT. Rooted in water histories and ecological infrastructures, the work gives voice to weary djinns, mysterious aquatic creatures and exhausted tourist operators. It deciphers the politics of creating and redefining image-spaces and the right to belong to them. Like Atlas condemned to carry the weight of the world, the installation questions who defines and supports the histories and imaginaries of our contemporaries.

Qanat's residents and curator Francesca Masoero take over the Agora to present their latest research in a performative format that blends mythology, storytelling and contemporary art.

A unique encounter between two myths of Amazigh music and rock!

A performance-walk, a mobile exhibition, and a conversation. Departure from the Darna association towards the Art Explora Village. A presentation of the works produced in workshops during the week with the Darna association. Organic Knowledge is an art and research project that aims to create a collaborative archive of the cultural practices of underrepresented communities in Morocco through artist residencies and workshops. Organic Knowledge raises questions about the ethics and methodology to be applied when working with populations who are victims of systemic violence, and how their marginalized cultural practices can redefine dominant narratives on migration by providing a more accurate image of these populations. For the Art Explora edition, The Minority Globe presents a mobile exhibition and performances between the city and the agora, conceived during a new creative workshop in Tangier.

Exclusively, a presentation of the latest musical epic across Morocco by Vincent Moon, a pioneer of musical film.

Es-sousy invites us to meditate on the crossing and experience of wandering, which carries the artist along in constant flux towards mutual influences with those around him, contributing to his construction. The artist composes a visual allegory of these flows, blending landscape, sound, installation and performance.

A final tour of the exhibition with the artist! A time for discussion about the practice and the slow process in which Anne-Lise Broyer's photography is situated, in partnership with the French Institute of Tangier.

A conversation between artist Anne Lise Broyer and author Mohammed Bennis, moderated by Stéphanie Gaou, on the relationship between images and languages of the Mediterranean. Organized in conjunction with Anne Lise Broyer's exhibition "Was this where we lived?" at the Galerie Delacroix of the French Institute in Tangier.

The Spanish residents chosen for the programme The Art Explora festival's cross-residency program presents a performance marking the culmination of three months of research and creation. Juan Gallego Berno and Carmen Yruela's multidisciplinary performance explores themes of identity, memory, and urban space. Fusing electronic music, traditional flamenco, and visual arts, this project pushes the boundaries of conventional art forms. By collaborating with artists from diverse backgrounds, they create an immersive experience that invites the audience to reflect deeply on the contemporary world. The performance includes video projections, sound installations, and choreographic interventions. They invite you to celebrate artistic creativity and innovation with them during this unique evening.

For this evening's tribute to Ahmed Bouanani, a major artistic figure and fervent defender of transmission and memory against oblivion, we'll be screening his two fiction films: Les quatres sources, his short film in color, a dreamlike poetic essay, followed by the masterpiece and only feature film Le Mirage. Both explore the space of folk tale and myth.

Join us in front of the stage for an improvisation workshop with dancer and choreographer Said El Haddaji.

A parade of “anti-fashion” of another kind, a collaborative, funny, joyful and subversive theatrical performance on the clothing industry, the relationship to fashion and representation manifested by the famous Catwalk.

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.

In the act of creating and recreating his living spaces, Aymane Ait Yahya offers a performative meditation on the transitory nature of home, identity and the impact of our experiences on our sense of place and belonging.

As part of the programme "24hs/Palestine," taking place from September 28th to 29th, has selected 66k, a young DJ and artist from Fez, to present a mix exploring protest music. From contemporary underground to traditional popular songs, exploring counterculture and militant anthems, this DJ set will be broadcast live from the village to Radio Al Hara, a Palestinian internet radio station that originated in Bethlehem during the lockdown.