Marrakech Biennale
 |
| This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2018) |
| The Marrakech Biennale بينالي مراكش | |
|---|---|
 Logo of Marrakech Biennale 6 | |
| Genre | Biennale, Focused on Contemporary Visual Art, Literature, Film and Arts in Public Spaces |
| Date(s) | 6th edition: 24 February 2016 until 8 May 2016 |
| Frequency | Biennial, every two years |
| Location(s) | Marrakech |
| Years active | since 2005 |
| Founder | Vanessa Branson |
| Patron(s) | Vanessa Branson and Abel Damoussi |
| Website | http://www.marrakechbiennale.org |
The Arts festival in Marrakech, now the Marrakech Biennale, first took place in 2005.[1] It was set up by Vanessa Branson and Abel Damoussi with the help of curator Danny Moynihan and Liberatum creator Pablo Ganguli. It is the first major Trilingual (English, Arabic & French) festival in North Africa.[2] It focuses on cutting-edge contemporary Visual Art, Literature, and Film. It consists of a main Visual Arts Exhibition, other arts exhibitions, installations and happenings, discussions, debates and screenings based in the eclectic venues and settings that Marrakech has to offer. AiM is now known as Marrakech Biennale.
1st Edition 2005
The exhibition of the Wonderful Fund Collection opened AiM 2005 at the Museum of Marrakech. This collection of 100 works of contemporary art - purchased by Vanessa Branson and Prue O'Day as curators for the London-based collectors group, was exhibited for the first time ever at AiM. The collection was not put together as an investment, but as a platform for discovery and a means of supporting young artists. There were 64 artists representing 17 countries in the Collection and included work from artists such as Sarah Lucas, Grayson Perry, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin and Gavin Turk.
The Literary Programme was organised by Pablo Ganguli, highlights included a panel discussion on the future of English and literature and how the media can play a key role in its promotion, chaired by Geordie Greig with author Hanif Kureishi, Alexandra Pringle, Peter Florence, Simon Prosser, Ekow Eshun, Esther Freud, Antony Gormley, Annie Lennox and Hari Kunzru; and a conference on the importance of the translation of Arabic literature and poetry in the western world and a discussion on the state of Arab literature, featuring Ahmed El Madini, Rabii Mobarak, Susanna Nicklin, Wassini Laraj, Tayeb Salah and Mahi Binebine.
2nd Edition 2007
The 2007 festival bought together acclaimed writers, directors and artists from across Morocco and the world together in a rich forum of debate and cooperation. It grew in the number of participants and attendees and was Coordinated by Clare Azzougarh.
The main Visual Arts Exhibition was of South African photography as well as the L’appartement 22 project curated by Abdellah Karroum.[3] The venues included the Marrakech Museum, ESAV Film School, Royal Theatre, Riad El Fenn, Riad Magi and Ksour Agafay.
Participants
Yassin Adnan, James Dearden, Faouzi Bensaidi, Walter Lassally, Deborah Moggach, Sussan Deyhim, Farida Benlyazid, Josdi Bieber, John Boorman, Ruth Charney, Sarah Curtis, William Dalrymple, Ross Douglas, Edmond El Maleh, Hamid Fardjad, David Goldblatt, Richard E. Grant, Mohsin Hamid, Sally Hampson, Christopher Hampton, Richard Horowitz, Pieter Hugo, Hari Kunzru, Nick Laird, Santu Mofoken, Daniel Morden, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muhole, Sam Neave, Mark Peploe, Simon Prosser, Gabriel Range, Tahir Shah, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Zadie Smith, Ian Softely, Mikhael Subotsky, Guy Tillim, Nontsikelelo Veleko, Alan Yentob.
3rd Edition 2009
The 3rd Edition of the AiM International Biennale 2009 directed by Vanessa Branson and coordinated by Clare Azzougarh was launched in November 2009. The main Visual Arts Exhibition, "A Proposal for Articulating Works and Places" was curated by Abdellah Karroum [4] and held in the Palais Bahia. The Exhibition premiered works by Francis Alys, Yto Barrada, Lordana Longo and Batoul S’Himi amongst many others. Other Events included Julien Fisera and Laurent P. Berger Directing the Stories of Order and Dissorder which placed storytellers in taxis around the city; a Sketch Gallery London Curated by Victoria Brooks, Giles Round and Mark Ariel Waller bought their project 'Taverna Especial to an ancient Riad in the Medina. Attendees also include Turner-nominee Isaac Julien, BBC TV arts executive Alan Yentob and Moroccan film director Faouzi Bensaidi, actress Kim Cattrall and artist and film-maker Julian Schnabel, who took part in many different, discussions and debates at venues including ESAV film school, Riad El Fenn and Ksour Agafay.
Participants
Adel Abdessemed, Bani Abidi, Yassin Adnan, Mark Aerial-Waller, Sofia Aguiar, Mustapha Akrim, Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, Francis Alys, Noureddine Amir, Alice Anderson, Younes Baba-Ali, Raffaella Barker, Yto Barada, Marie-Louise Belarbi, Faouzi Bensaidi, Rachid Benzine, Laurent P. Berger, Omar Berrada, Katrine Boorman, John Boorman, Franck Bragigand, Victoria Brooks, Francois Bucher, Kim Cattrall, Chto delat?, Tomas Colaco, Stuart Comer, Claudia Cristovao, Shezad Dawood, Sana El Aji, Ahmed El Maanouni, Nina Esber, Charles Esche, Patricia Esquivias, Hamid Fardjad, Seamus Farrell, Eric Fellner, James Fenton, Julien Fisera, Pedro Gomez-Egana, Joana Hadjithomas, Leila Hafyane, Sally Hampson, Marius Hansen, John Hillcoat, Chourouk Hriech, Fadwa Islah, Isaac Julien, Abdellah Karroum, Bouchra Khalili, Hassan Khan, Jooyoung Lee, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Loredana Longo, Bernard Marcade, James Marsh, Mourad Mazouz, Vincent Melilli, Danny Moynihan, Mark Nash, Heidi Nikolaisen, Otobong Nkanga, Kristina Norman, Andrew O'Hagan, Eleanor O'Keeffe, Bouchra Ouezgane, Catherine Poncin, Pere Portabella, Alexandra Pringle, Younes Rahmoun, Jose Roca, Giles Round, Rasha Salti, Jerome Schlomoff, Julian Schnabel, Wael Shawky, Hardeep Singh-Kohli, Kathryn Smith, Ahdaf Soueif, Anna Steiger, Anne Szefer Karlsen, Abdellah Taïa, Naoko Takahashi, Barbara Trapido, Justine Triet, DJ U-Cef, Nontsikelelo Veleko, John Walsh, James Webb, Alan Yentob, Hisham Zaman, John Zarobell.
4th Edition 2012
The 4th Edition of The Marrakech Biennale opened on 29 February and was co-ordinated by Jessica Bannister. The 5 days opening was titled 'Surrender' and consisted of Performances, Debates, Talks and Screenings as well as the opening of the Main Visual Arts Exhibition on 1 March. Higher Atlas, a major exhibition curated by Dr Nadim Samman and Carson Chan took place at the Théâtre Royal, Koutoubia Cisterns, Bank Al-Maghrib, Cyber Parc Arsat Moulay Abdeslam and Dar Al-Ma’mûn in Marrakech (1 March-3 June 2012). High connotes reverie and transcendence. Higher Atlas suggests a cartography of the beyond. All works were new site-specific commissions, conceived and created on location with local craftspeople and manufacturers. Over thirty international artists, architects, writers, musicians and composers showed their work, including Karthik Pandian, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Juergen Mayer H, Andrew Ranville, Felix Kiessling, Finnbogi Petursson and Turner Prize nominated Roger Hiorns. The exhibition sought to engage in an expansive dialogue with the city.
Participants
Visual Arts
Aleksandra Domanović, Anri Sala, Alex Schweder La & Khadija Carroll La, Alexander Ponomarev, Andrew Ranville, Barkow Leibinger: Frank Barkow & Regine Leibinger, project architect: Gustav Düsing, Christopher Mayo, CocoRosie (Bianca Casady, Sierra Casady), Elín Hansdóttir, Ethan Hayes-Chute, Eva Grubinger, Faouzi Laatiris, Felix Kiessling, Finnbogi Pétursson, Florian & Michael Quistrebert, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Hadley+Maxwell, Hassan Darsi, Joe Clark, Jon Nash, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Juergen Mayer H., Karthik Pandian, Katarzyna Przezwańska, Katia Kameli, Leung Chi Wo, Luca Pozzi, Matthew Stone & Phoebe Collings-James, Megumi Matsubara, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Roger Hiorns, Sinta Werner, Sophie Erlund, Tue Greenfort, Younes Baba-Ali, جماعة
Film
Alan Yentob, Anthony Horowitz, Dominic West, Faouzi Bensaidi, Hicham Larsi, Jill Green, Kevin Macdonald, Lamia Chraibi, Lubna Azabal, Michael Souvignier, Mohammed Bakrim, Matthew Bannister, Narjiss Nejjar, Suzy Gillet
Literature
Abderrahim Elkhassar, Ali Benmakhlouf, Anthony Horowitz, Ben Okri, Camille de Toledo, Driss Ksikes, Geoff Dyer, Latifa Baqa, Omar Berrada, Pankaj Mishra, Rabia Raihane, Rian Malan, Zahia Rahmani
6th Edition 2016
The 6th edition of the Marrakech Biennale took from 24 February to 8 May 2016. It was curated by Reem Fadda, the Associate Curator of Middle Eastern Art for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project.[5] The programming took a multidisciplinary approach to unite and introduce artists and works primarily from the Arab World, the Mediterranean region and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Main Exhibition
Participating artists: Talal Afifi, Haig Aivazian, El Anatsui, Tarek Atoui, Kader Attia, Dana Awartani, Yto Barrada, Isak Berbic, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Farid Belkahia, Ahmed Bouanani, Touda Bouanani, Mohamed Chebaa, Manthia Diawara, Melvin Edwards, Ali Essafi, Khalil El Ghrib, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Mohssin Harraki, Mona Hatoum, Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti, Saba Innab, Bouchra Khalili, Radhika Khimji, Rachid Koraichi, Alvin D. Loving, Khaled Malas, Djibril Diop Mambéty, Jumana Manna, Ahmed Mater, Megumi Matsubara, Mohammed Melehi, Naeem Mohaiemen, Mohamed Mourabiti, Radouan Mriziga, Oscar Murillo, Sara Ouhaddou, Juan Asis Palao, Khalil Rabah, SUPERFLEX, Rayyane Tabet, the Otolith Group, Eric Van Hove, Adrián Villar Rojas, Fatiha Zemmouri.
References
- ^ http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=2668381[permanent dead link]
- ^ "AiM International Biennale". aimbienniale.org. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Second Edition, 2007". aimbiennale.org. Archived from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Reem Fadda Curator of Marrakech Biennale". Artnet News. 16 June 2015.