H’dith o Mghezel
ⵃⴷⵉⵜ ⵡ ⵎⵖⵣⵍ
حديث أو مغزل
(2024)
H’dith o Mghezel describes a traditional form of communication over shared iterative practices. It is a heritage of communal repetition and construction paired with discourse. In the aftermath of the earthquakes that devastated communities across Morocco in 2023, the collective exhibition at Malhoun, gathers artisans, artists, architects, and designers to reflect upon the act of communal reconstruction. This is the first stage of a year-long exhibition format where members and guests showcase their productions and thoughts by way of a continuum. Overlapping organically, artworks and propositions will come and go following the conversations, intuitions, and practical needs of participants.
The restoration works of the Malhoun building in Gueliz are ongoing throughout the year. It is a gestural attempt to reveal the collective memory accumulated over the years and the various scars of its occupation. We see the ongoing reconstruction of that architectonics as part of the exhibition.
ⵃⴷⵉⵜ ⵡ ⵎⵖⵣⵍ
حديث أو مغزل
(2024)
H’dith o Mghezel describes a traditional form of communication over shared iterative practices. It is a heritage of communal repetition and construction paired with discourse. In the aftermath of the earthquakes that devastated communities across Morocco in 2023, the collective exhibition at Malhoun, gathers artisans, artists, architects, and designers to reflect upon the act of communal reconstruction. This is the first stage of a year-long exhibition format where members and guests showcase their productions and thoughts by way of a continuum. Overlapping organically, artworks and propositions will come and go following the conversations, intuitions, and practical needs of participants.
The restoration works of the Malhoun building in Gueliz are ongoing throughout the year. It is a gestural attempt to reveal the collective memory accumulated over the years and the various scars of its occupation. We see the ongoing reconstruction of that architectonics as part of the exhibition.
Group Exhibition:
Khadija El-Abyad, Hicham Benohoud, Nabil Himich, M’Barek Bouhchichi, Shinya Kobayashi, Faycal Taiba, Younes Rahmoun, Abdelkhadere Hmidouche, Rafram Chaddad, Mohamed Arejdal, Koharu Yamaguchi, The Living & the Dead Ensemble, Michel Assenmaker, Eric van Hove & Nassim Azarzar.
Design team:
Nassim Azarzar, Alex Foradori, Ned Kaar, Bianca Schick & Sofia Topi
Khadija El-Abyad, Hicham Benohoud, Nabil Himich, M’Barek Bouhchichi, Shinya Kobayashi, Faycal Taiba, Younes Rahmoun, Abdelkhadere Hmidouche, Rafram Chaddad, Mohamed Arejdal, Koharu Yamaguchi, The Living & the Dead Ensemble, Michel Assenmaker, Eric van Hove & Nassim Azarzar.
Design team:
Nassim Azarzar, Alex Foradori, Ned Kaar, Bianca Schick & Sofia Topi
La promesse de l’empreinte
ⴰⵇⴰⵡⵍ ⵏ ⵓⴷⵔⵉⵣ
بشارة البصمة
(2024)
«Toute trace, tout signe ne fait pas empreinte. Si l'empreinte valide la trace en tant que signe, il en va de l'exigence universelle d'une séparation. Sans échange, sans partage, nulle mémoire, nulle empreinte.»
ⴰⵇⴰⵡⵍ ⵏ ⵓⴷⵔⵉⵣ
بشارة البصمة
(2024)
«Toute trace, tout signe ne fait pas empreinte. Si l'empreinte valide la trace en tant que signe, il en va de l'exigence universelle d'une séparation. Sans échange, sans partage, nulle mémoire, nulle empreinte.»
Abdelkebir Khatibi
Group Exhibition:
Youness Atbane, Nassim Azarzar, Sammy Baloji, Driss Benabdallah & Carlos Perez Marin, Hicham Benohoud, Khalid Bouaalam, M’Barek Bouhchichi, Rafram Chaddad, Khadija El Abyad, Simohammed Fettaka, Nabil Himich, Jumana Manna, Younes Rahmoun, Eric van Hove, Claudio Colucci, Benjamin Verhoeven & Amine Lahrach
Opening Night Screening:
Foragers
(64 min, 2k video, 2022 | Directed and Produced by Jumana Manna)
Witnesses:
Chahrazad Zahi & Phillip Van Den Bossche
Graphic design:
Nassim Azarzar
Youness Atbane, Nassim Azarzar, Sammy Baloji, Driss Benabdallah & Carlos Perez Marin, Hicham Benohoud, Khalid Bouaalam, M’Barek Bouhchichi, Rafram Chaddad, Khadija El Abyad, Simohammed Fettaka, Nabil Himich, Jumana Manna, Younes Rahmoun, Eric van Hove, Claudio Colucci, Benjamin Verhoeven & Amine Lahrach
Opening Night Screening:
Foragers
(64 min, 2k video, 2022 | Directed and Produced by Jumana Manna)
Witnesses:
Chahrazad Zahi & Phillip Van Den Bossche
Graphic design:
Nassim Azarzar
Malhoun 2.0
(2020)
«Malhoun 2.0 is a collaborative travel path to re-position the relation between art and craftmanship within one and the same context again, to remerge relationships, a know how centered around hands, materials and words. The exhibition is a first visual outcome of a larger project based on gatherings between craftsmen, artists, writers and thinkers. It’s an ongoing project deeply rooted in both an historical and a contemporary Moroccan socio-economic and artistic context. ‘Malhoun’ (Arabic الملحون, al-malḥūn), means ‘melodic poem’, and is a form of sung poetry that finds it origins in craftsmen’s guilds.
(2020)
«Malhoun 2.0 is a collaborative travel path to re-position the relation between art and craftmanship within one and the same context again, to remerge relationships, a know how centered around hands, materials and words. The exhibition is a first visual outcome of a larger project based on gatherings between craftsmen, artists, writers and thinkers. It’s an ongoing project deeply rooted in both an historical and a contemporary Moroccan socio-economic and artistic context. ‘Malhoun’ (Arabic الملحون, al-malḥūn), means ‘melodic poem’, and is a form of sung poetry that finds it origins in craftsmen’s guilds.
ملحون 2.0 هو بمثابة مسلك تشاركي ورحلة جماعية تبتغي توزيع العلاقة بين الفن والصّنعة، داخل سياق واحد وأوحد، وذلك لتجديد الروابط وتركيز المعرفة بين الأيادي، وفي الكلمات والمواد
إنّ المعرض الجماعي ملحون 2.0 هو مسودّةُ مشروعٍ أرحب ينبني على لقاءاتٍ بين حرفيّين وفنّانين مع مؤلّفين ومفكرين في مرّاكش. يتعلّق الأمر ببعث سيرورة مُتجذّرة في السياق الاجتماعي والاقتصادي والفني المغربي تُلملم التاريخي والمعاصر. يُعدُّ الملحون قصيدةً مُلحّنة ومُغنّاة، وهو أيضاً شكلٌ شعريٌّ ولد من رحِم النقابات المهنية القديمة للحرفيّين.
المؤلّفونَ المشاركون هم محمد أرجدال – يطو برّادة – محمّد بلمبخوت – مبارك بوحشيشي – عبد الغفور بوتكروت – عبد الرحيم بوتكروت – نور الدين الزراف – مهدي غيناتي – ليلى حيدا – عبد القادر حميدّوش – جومانة مناع – يونس رحمون وإيريك ڤان هوڤ. يلتحقُ بهم شهودُ المعرضِ وهم: جيوڤاني دروغو – ناتاشا هوار – أيوب المزين – رضى زيرڭ.
إنّ المعرض الجماعي ملحون 2.0 هو مسودّةُ مشروعٍ أرحب ينبني على لقاءاتٍ بين حرفيّين وفنّانين مع مؤلّفين ومفكرين في مرّاكش. يتعلّق الأمر ببعث سيرورة مُتجذّرة في السياق الاجتماعي والاقتصادي والفني المغربي تُلملم التاريخي والمعاصر. يُعدُّ الملحون قصيدةً مُلحّنة ومُغنّاة، وهو أيضاً شكلٌ شعريٌّ ولد من رحِم النقابات المهنية القديمة للحرفيّين.
المؤلّفونَ المشاركون هم محمد أرجدال – يطو برّادة – محمّد بلمبخوت – مبارك بوحشيشي – عبد الغفور بوتكروت – عبد الرحيم بوتكروت – نور الدين الزراف – مهدي غيناتي – ليلى حيدا – عبد القادر حميدّوش – جومانة مناع – يونس رحمون وإيريك ڤان هوڤ. يلتحقُ بهم شهودُ المعرضِ وهم: جيوڤاني دروغو – ناتاشا هوار – أيوب المزين – رضى زيرڭ.
Group Exhibition
:
Mohamed Arejdal, Yto Barrada, Mohammed Belmabkhout, M’barek Bouhchichi, Abdelghrafour Boutkrout, Abderrahim Boutkrout, Noureddine Ezarraf, Mehdi Ghinati, Laila Hida, Abdelkadere Hmidouch, Jumana Manna, Younès Rahmoun & Eric van Hove
Publication:
embedded within Chergui by LE 18
Witnesses:
Natasha Hoare, Ayoub El Mouzaine, Noureddine Ezarraf, Reda Zaireg & Phillip Van Den Bossche.
Exhibition initiated, produced and hosted by Fenduq
Mohamed Arejdal, Yto Barrada, Mohammed Belmabkhout, M’barek Bouhchichi, Abdelghrafour Boutkrout, Abderrahim Boutkrout, Noureddine Ezarraf, Mehdi Ghinati, Laila Hida, Abdelkadere Hmidouch, Jumana Manna, Younès Rahmoun & Eric van Hove
Publication:
embedded within Chergui by LE 18
Witnesses:
Natasha Hoare, Ayoub El Mouzaine, Noureddine Ezarraf, Reda Zaireg & Phillip Van Den Bossche.
Exhibition initiated, produced and hosted by Fenduq