Al 7diqua Greenhouse, Arab League Park, Casablanca, 2022

Located in the park of the Arab League, the GREENHOUSE will offer a shared space for reflection, free coffee, participatory workshops, country walks, audiovisual projections and meetings for 6 days, from 17 to 22 May. It will be open to all for moments of meetings and formal and informal dialogues between citizens, artists, cultural operators, political decision-makers, etc. These complementary activities will have as a common thread the exploration of the different intellectual, artistic and sensory dimensions of the Park.

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PROGRAM

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Tuesday, 17th May

 

From 12pm to 3pm: Workshops

 

SAWT Al 7diqa

Radio Al sadiqa is an artistic proposal by Nadir Hajji to invite visitors to the park to create stories about their sonic environment.

Seed Bombs

"Guerrilla Verde" is a movement of reappropriation of abandoned spaces in favour of the emergence of plants, whatever they may be. The artists Mohamed Fariji and Chaimae El Yacoubi propose to make "seed bombs" to be thrown or deposited in a place of one's choice (neighbourhood, street, pavement, abandoned urban spaces, etc.).

STUDIO AL 7DIQA

Mohamed El Mourid and Déborah Benzaquen will lead a photography workshop to create the park's visual identity.

AL 7DIQA NEWSPAPER

Sahar Echi invites visitors to create stories about the park.

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18h CINE-GREENHOUSE

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Wednesday, May 18th

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From 12pm to 3pm: Workshops

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SAWT Al 7diqa
SEED BOMBS
STUDIO AL 7diqa
AL 7DIQA JOURNAL
Philosophy for children
What if plants and insects could talk? Soufiane Margoube, director of the SEVE association, offers philosophical workshops for children.

Meetings

5:30pm : Is a city without a museum a city without history?
This inaugural meeting of the Greenhouse programme will launch the book "The Collective Museum, a citizen's museum for the city of Casablanca" in the presence of the authors, artists and researchers.
The round table will be chaired by Kenza Sefrioui.

From 7:30 to 8:30: artistic intervention

GRAF AL 7DIQA
Graphic performance by the artist Mohammed Rochdi.

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Thursday, 19th May

From 12pm to 3pm: Workshops

SAWT Al 7diqa
SEED BOMBES
STUDIO AL 7diqa
AL 7DIQA JOURNAL
The word of the wind
Pendulum painting and wind ripples accompanied by the vibrating sounds of the Tibetan singing bowl, lulled by the energies of the trees, the water and the birds of the park.

Workshops led by Najat Obadi and Eugenie Forno.

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Meeting

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4:30pm : Poetics and politics of the park

This meeting invites us to reflect on the poetic dimension of the public park in the Maghreb, as well as on its history, its creation under the protectorate. This prism of analysis will allow us to question the soul of the park in all its complexity, returning to the historical context of its creation, its evolution over time and its poetic richness.

 

In the presence of specialists in the history of public parks in the Maghreb: Mounia Bennani, Houda Manjrah, Bouchra Saleh and Amine Landaloussi.

 

5:30pm : The challenges of cultural mediation, a meeting point

Al Moutawassit: cultural mediation as a meeting point is a project born out of a common desire to reflect on the potential of critical pedagogy in transforming artistic practices, cultural mediation, curation and teaching on both shores of the Mediterranean. This project brings together cultural operators from France, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco around a common desire to share the theory and practice of cultural mediation in order to initiate a process of mutual enrichment through the exchange of know-how. This meeting will be chaired by Solène Bourezma.

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In the presence of Youssef el Idrissi, Youssef Zaoui and Ihsane Boudrig.

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Friday, 20 May

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From 12pm to 3pm: Workshops

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SAWT Al 7diqa
SEED BOMBS
STUDIO AL 7diqa
AL 7DIQA JOUNAL
Philosophy for children
The word of the wind

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Meetings

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5:30: Towards a Horizontality of the History of Modern and Contemporary Art in the Maghreb

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The aim is to bridge the complications and complementarities of exchanges between the history of modern and contemporary art in the Maghreb. Despite the specific artistic trajectories of each Maghreb country, they are united by a common aesthetic culture. This meeting is conceived as a plea for a reading of the history of art that integrates the Maghreb countries into a single study space.

In the presence of historians and researchers from the Maghreb: Nadia Sabri (Morocco), Nadira Laggoun (Algeria), Rachida Triki (Tunis) and Asma Ghiloufi (Tunis).

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Saturday, 21 May

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From 10:30am to 3pm: Workshops

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BOOK SWAP
An initiative of Laila Benyahya. Bring your books and share them

Stories for children
Reading stories to children about the environment, workshop led by Bouchra Zineddine.

The word of plants
Amélie Giacomini will introduce us to the technique of Tataki Zomé, natural textile printing.

SAWT Al sadiqa
SEED BOMBS
AL 7DIQA STUDIO
AL 7DIQA JOURNAL
The word of the wind
3pm: Participatory visit
A visit to the park led by Samba Soumbounou, a mediator and guide, to exchange ideas with visitors about their urban heritage.

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From 3pm: Artistic intervention

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Presentation of the artists-in-residence projects

The artists Yahya Alwany (Morocco), Othman Jmad (Morocco), Nadir Hajji (Morocco), Sahar Echi (Tunisia) and Yassine Rachidi (Tunisia, Canada) present their projects as part of the Regional Hive programme, which brings together Maghreb artists from different artistic disciplines to take an innovative look at the sound and visual narratives between Tunis and Casablanca.

Land poetry

A walk with Ayoub Mouzaine, who invites you to discover the richness and diversity of the park through poetic stories.

The word of AL-ADIQA

A calligrapher explores the memory of the park and its visitors.

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Meetings

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5:30pm : Industries and digital platforms: a new breath for Moroccan cinema?

This session invites us to question the role of the creative industries and digital platforms in the distribution of films and their impact on the Moroccan artistic landscape. With the emergence of digital platforms, will we see a reshaping of the relationship between industry and distribution, or even encourage the emergence of new talent? Will these platforms also make it possible to promote neglected films and thus initiate a process of awareness of the Moroccan cinematographic heritage?

 

Led by Wadii Charrad, in the presence of Noureddine Lakhmari (director), Yasmina Tamer (Aflamin), Ismail Ferroukhi (director).

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