MARRAKECH BIENNALE

MARRAKECH BIENNALE
Marrakech Biennale Exhibit information:

This past month, Marrakech hosted its 4th Biennale, a cultural exhibit which brought together visual artists, writers, film-makers and literature under the rubric ‘Free Thinking Surrender’. The festival included public screenings, talks, performances and debates at venues around the city. The main exhibition , Higher Atlas, took place in and around the abandoned Théâtre Royal (which we highlight in another blog). Here, many of the installations were architectural either in function or in their interaction with the various spaces of the theater.

Clockwise from top left, a bridge suspended by a red curtain divides the audience and the never-completed stage in an installation by Alex Schweder La and Khadija Carroll La and named ‘The Rise and Fall’; Jurgen Mayer H’s satellite dish made of perforated metal and concrete made with similar techniques to traditional Moroccan trays and tabletops; in a courtyard just outside the theater, visual artist Faouszi Laaris used traditional drinking glasses to create a piece that reflects the relationship between urban environments and daily used items; a bright yellow sculptural mat on the floor of the theater, created by Sinta Werner, was intended to be seating for the unused theater; and Barkow Leibinger Architects created the ‘Loom-Hyperbolic’ in an exterior courtyard. Their giant web creation received its inspiration from Moroccan weaving craft as well as Marrakech architecture.



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