Contemporary Art
Some times it is important to self-questioning, specially when talking on cultural activities we propose in the desert, without a pattern or model to follow, but building one with our own means. You will find some thoughts on how we are learning to decode the desert through artistic (or non artistic) researches and activities.
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Candidates who want to participate in the first edition of Caravane Ouadane, which will take place from November the 6th to the 21st 2021, must send an email to caravaneouadane@gmail.com with the following information:
1 a link (website, Facebook page, Instagram, pdf, etc.) or a few representative images of your work.
2 a short text (not an artistic project) explaining your interest in this meeting, as well as the subjects on which your research will focus (maximum 150 words).
To avoid misunderstandings:
⥤ if you do not receive a receipt after sending your email to caravaneouadane@gmail.com it means we have not received it and you should send it again.
⥤ the deadline for sending the information will be January the 10th at midnight (Mauritanian time). On January the 31rd 2021 you will receive an email to let you know if you have been selected or not.
⥤ Caravane Ouadane is a laboratory for contemporary creation and it gives the opportunity to conduct workshops with the inhabitants of the city, to produce a work with materials found on the site or to do research on subjects related to the culture of the desert. Be careful, it is not a question of making an exhibition but of sharing thoughts, experiences, concerns ... around culture in places as special as Ouadane and its surroundings.
⥤ the organisation will host and feed the artists at inhabitant homes, but it will not pay the transport costs to Ouadane or the production of the works, nor give pocket money.
⥤ the organisation reserves all rights to publish photos, videos and sound recordings taken during the artists' activities during the event.
If you ever have any question, you can contact us by email or Facebook. You will find more information about the event in the previous post.
Caravane Ouadane is organised by Auberge Vasque chez Zaida, Teranim pour les Arts Populaires, Zeinart Concept, Marsad Drâa and Caravane Tighmert, with the support (for now) of Le Sothiou and the Network of Alliances Française de la Mauritanie.
En février 2020, Le 18 Marrakech a produit l’exposition À l’Épreuve du Tamis dont une partie a été dédiée à Caravane Tighmert (le projet que nous avons initié en 2015 avec Ahmed Dabah et Bouchra Boudali). La commissaire de l’exposition, Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa , a voulu montrer une sélection des interviews que j’avais réalisé aux artistes pendant les 4 premières éditions. Bien si elle a utilisé plutôt l’enregistrement d’audio, nous avons reproduit les mêmes extraits mais à partir des vidéos.
Participation in the 1-54 Forum: Enacting Agencies, in the framework of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair that took place in Marrakech, in February 2020, where I explained how we work with artists and inhabitants in the oasis of Tighmert (Guelmim, Morocco) during Caravane Tighmert.
Some of my comments come from a reflection I made in this text (click on the image):
The round table with all the interventions can be heard here:
The 1-54 Forum has been curated by The Showroom London
In September the 20th and the 21st 2019, a scholarly convening on Younès Rahmoun's work has been organised by Emma Chubb, from The Smith College Museum of Art, with the collaboration of the Kahn Liberal Arts Institut and the support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The aim of the convening was to exchange knowledge, ideas and thoughts on Younes in order to prepare his solo exhibition in 2022 (or 2013) at Smith College, MA (USA).
This was my presentation related to the collaboration Younes and I have been developing for 20 years.
More information about the projets mentioned can be found on these links:
2. Pedestrian bridge:
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/paseo-palmeras-footbridge
4. Hojra:
https://www.younesrahmoun.com/portfolio/works/hojra/
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/hoyra
5."11":
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/younes-rahmoun-11
6. Rue Ibn Zohr:
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/rue-ibn-zohr-tangier
7. Younes Rahmoun house:
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/casa-rahmoun
8. Zahra-Zoujaj:
https://www.younesrahmoun.com/portfolio/works/zahra-zoujaj/
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/zahrazoujaj
10 Nakhla:
https://www.younesrahmoun.com/portfolio/works/nakhla-saghira/
https://www.carlosperezmarin.com/nakhla