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Opening Reception:
December 10th, 2006 @ 7 pm
Conference:
December 11, 11am – 7pm
Location:
The Townhouse (Factory Space, Main Building & Annex)
The Townhouse Gallery is pleased to present “The Maghreb connection - Movements of Life across North Africa”, an international project of art and research directed by Swiss artist and curator Ursula Biemann.
The Maghreb Connection focuses on systems and modalities of migratory movements which constitute the Maghreb and Mediterranean area.
From a range of aesthetic positions, the project seeks to develop discursive and visual representations of the growing complexity of North African mobility in relation with the development of the European Union.
In the Maghreb, migration flows rely on - and intersect with - other forms of organized mobility such as existing nomadic movements, tourism, roaming martial formations including rebel groups, and migration related humanitarian personnel. The junction of these movements generates synergies, conflicts, and sometimes surprising alliances.
The Maghreb Connection aims to develop a visual representation of the connective space that emerges in the process. This geographic approach focuses on specific zones of transit migration, such as Agadez in Niger, Lampedusa off the Tunisian shore, Oujda and Tangier in Morocco, Laayoune in theWestern Sahara, Sicily and Cairo as a destinations for migrants coming through the Suez canal.
After in-depth research and investigation, the artists present in the exhibition a series of works under various forms, such as cartography, video, photography, text or animation.
This project features works by artists:
Doa Aly (Cairo)
Yto Barrada (Tangier)
Raphaël Cuomo/Maria Iorio (Geneva)
Hala El Koussy (Cairo)
Charles Heller (Geneva)
Ursula Biemann (Zurich)
Helena Maleno (Tangier)
in collaboration with media/design activists Observatorio Tecnologico (Malaga) and the photographer Armin Linke (Milan).
Conference participants include Michel Agier (Paris), Ali Bensaâd (Marseille), Mehdi Alioua, Rabat/Toulouse), Brian Holmes and the artists.
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The Townhouse Gallery
Since its inception in 1998 (The Townhouse Gallery) has established itself as one of the region's leading independent spaces for art, providing an extensive program of visual arts, film, theatre and music.
The three-floor main building, adjoining annex, and 650-meter converted factory space,...
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