Féminin Pluriel ~ Exhibition on Gender Equality

An exciting new exhibition in Marrakech is set to open on October 31st. Féminin Pluriel is an artistic participatory platform working for Social Design and Gender Equality through the work of international artists in residence together with anonymous women of the Marrakech Medina

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FEMININ PLURIEL #1

Visual Arts and Sound – Workshops – Residency –

Conferences – Projections – Performances

@ DAR BELLARJ FOUNDATION – MARRAKECH MEDINA

EXHIBITION from 31 October 2014 until 30 April 2015

VERNISSAGE: 31 October 2014 from 1800 to 2100 hrs

ANIKO: portrait by Rey Gost

This first edition of the Féminin Pluriel collective is the fruit of a particularly effective partnership between the artistic collective Morocco Experience & Projects, the Graphic and Media Design department of ESAV and the Dar Bellarj Foundation – two centres of cultural learning, meetings and sharing of ideas, conceived and created by Susanna Biedermann, represented today by the foundation that bears her name.

The Foundation, which is open to all in the medina, is under the direction of Maha Elmadi,and has already hosted workshops for several years now called “Mamans douées de Dar Bellarj” (Gifted Mums of Dar Bellarj). It is the hub of this first collective; it is here that for more than six months, from April until October 2014, almost all the works commissioned for Féminin Pluriel have been carried out, and it is here also that they will be presented for six months, from October 2014 until April 2015.

Mathka Paris

The purpose of this collective, unique to Marrakech, is to pay tribute to the talent of those women who carry out craft activities at home which go unseen to the public. It is also to explore the links between contemporary art and the centuries-old handicrafts of Marrakech, creating the setting for intelligent dialogue between female visual artists and craftswomen. As a result of this, all commissioned works are elaborated upon on the basis of the experience of shared heritage, life journey, sensitivity and knowledge of the national culture.

A work by Sylvie Franquet

The opening of a new space called ‘Diwan of Dar Bellarj’ plans to host, every Friday from 1900 to 2100 hrs, screenings, conferences and lectures followed by debates led by Abdelghani Fennane, Juan Asís Palao Gómez, Hicham Bouzid, Corinne Cauvin and Aniko Boehler.

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