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From May 21 to 24, 2016, in the Hay Mohammadi district of Casablanca, THE GREENHOUSE offers a space open to all, with a shared workspace, a free coffee, a photo studio, participatory workshops, a library, screenings and meetings. In the presence of Campus Marrakech (live and podcast) and in partnership with Initiatives Urbaines.

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THE PROGRAM

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Every day between 2pm and 9pm

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"Collective museum: the carousels of Yasmina Park"

After months of repairs and interventions by the artist on the piece that was recovered after being abandoned for more than 15 years in the Parc de la Ligue Arabe, the merry-go-round in the Derb Moulay Cherif neighborhood, Hay Mohammadi, is back in motion and open to the public.

The Collective museum is a project led by the artist Mohamed Fariji to create a museum of Casablanca's collective memory, through recovery actions (such as those carried out last October on the occasion of the demolition of the mythical Parc Yasmina) and action-exhibitions, as in this case with the reactivation of a carousel in the same park.

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Experience: Zero Zbel

For The Greenhouse, Soukaina el Idrissi, artist and founding member of the Zero Zbel association with Mamoun Ghallab and Kenza Benamour, proposes an experiment in "zero waste" management.

The Zero Zbel association is the result of the convergence of several individual initiatives aimed at promoting changes in attitudes and behavior and encouraging citizen action to protect our environment.

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Samedi 21 mai

2pm-6pm: Workshops

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The seed bomb factory

Following on from previous workshops on the production of seed bombs (made of soil, compost and seeds) for distribution in the city and neighborhood, Juliette Déjoué  set up an intensive production structure with the participation of 6 artists and activists invited to accompany her in this poetic, political and aesthetic action. Sound experiments will explore the strong relationship between music and plants.

With the participation of : Juliette Déjoué, Nicolas Nicolini, Elsa Benzrihem, Maxime Lacôme, Karim Barka, Lucie Deschamps, Hicham Naji.

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The Greenhouse Journal

Walking, pinhole photography, collecting and photographing in the Socica-Derb Moulay Cherif district to create a collective publication.

With the participation of : Yasmina Benabderrahmane

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Super 8 filming

Super 8mm filming in and around the neighborhood, focusing on the architecture and history of the city of Casablanca.

With the participation of : Franziska Pierwoss and SISKA

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Guided tours of a place, a space, an alley... in the Hay Mohammadi district by a local resident

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Mapping of abandoned spaces in the Hay Mohammadi district

6pm: Encounters 

Meeting with former Moroccan prisoners of conscience to discuss the memory of places of incarceration in Morocco.

Moderated by Fatna El Bouih. Guests: Abderrahim Sedki, Salah Hachad, Ahmed Marzouki, Nourredine Saoudi.

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8pm: Projection

C'est eux les chiens, Hicham Lasri, 2013, 1h25

Majhoul has just spent 30 years in Moroccan jails for demonstrating in 1981 during the "bread riots". He regains his freedom in the midst of the Arab Spring.

Presented by Ghita Zine of the Association des Rencontres Méditerranéennes du Cinéma et des droits de l'Homme, in the presence of the director.

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Sunday May 22nd 

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2pm-6pm: Les Ateliers

The seed bomb factory

The Greenhouse Journal 

Super 8 film-making, with Franciska Pierwoss and SISKA

Dance workshops, with Cora Dance

Guided tours 

Mapping abandoned spaces 

6pm: Encounters

Open meetings with all participants in the LA SERRE project.

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Monday May 23nd

2pm-6pm: Workshops

The Seed Bomb Factory

Journal de la Serre

Collective museum: recovery and collection of objects, sounds, images, photographs and archives by Hay Mohammadi for the Casablanca Collective Museum, Mohamed Fariji

Guided tours 

Mapping abandoned spaces 

6 pm: Encounters

Meeting with Mohamed Abazzi to discuss his unfinished movie

"The Long Day, shot in Casablanca in 1968.

8pm: Projection

Transes, Ahmed ElMaanouni, 1981, 86min

Nass El Ghiwane is a group of Moroccan musicians who formed in the 1970s in the Hay Mohammadi neighborhood of Marrakech and who draw their music from popular culture. Their songs are as much about the joys of the world as they are about mourning dead poets. On the streets as well as in packed concert halls, Nass El Ghiwane's music puts audiences in a trance.

Presented by director Izza Genini, producer of Transes, and Omar Sayed, one of the founders of Nass El Ghiwane.

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Tuesday 24th May

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2pm-6pm: The Workshops

The seed bomb factory

The Greenhouse Journal 

Collective museum

Guided tours 

Mapping abandoned spaces

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6pm: Meetings

Feedback from the workshops: presentation of the Greenhouse Journal with Yasmina Benabderrahmane.

Meeting with Najid Taki, historian specialising in Hay Mohammadi.

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8pm: Projection

A selection of short films by Bertille Bak, Wiame Haddad

Yasmina Benabderrahmane, Jake Wiener, Liana Kassir and Renaud Pachot, and Randa Maaroufi

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