Zineb Ait Addi

EXPOSURE El Hal, the whirlwind of geniuses
Dar Borj Souiri and Bab Marrakech from 20 August to 21 September
Organization: Festival of Young Talents Gnaoua
Branch: Abderrahim el Bertas
Curator el Hal: Pascal Amel
Project assistants HAL: Ghita Rabouli, Redouane Bernaz, Mustapha Rafik
El Hal workshop for young people: assembling the exhibition "analysis of the topic, organization, layout, follow-up."

Festival of young talents gnaoua

Zaouias in fertile soil for several centuries, Morocco has a remarkable diversity of rituals hadra (ecstatic dance, possession ...). The ceremonies are kept alive and vibrant musical traditions through multiple guilds "Sufi" it is possible to divide along an axis more or less spiritual interiority, or more or less externalizing - even of ritualized dramatization - of that interiority. The forms of hal (state, rapture, trance) allow the expression of differences in social, intellectual and aesthetic. On the inner extreme are the Sufi orders prestigious inspired by the biggest names in Moroccan mystique. On the other hand, officiate the confraternities which affects hearing craft or crafts, or even some of them the most simple of society. Their ceremonies and call all the body and spirit.

In Essaouira, today there are primarily two guilds that are popular Hamadcha and, of course, Gnaoua. Both engage in rituals of possession where the pursuit of both hal result from contact with the divine breath provided by a tutelary saint of Islam, or "coming" a djinn or a heart to melk of trance.

What is HAL? It's very difficult to define, but in any case it is for the believer to live a sensory experience with the "invisible." Whether in the dhikr (invocation to God), but also in those magical moments of intensity that may induce Mawal the Arab-Andalusian music, the duende of flamenco, some fabulous operatic arias, or any other time of 'outpouring music miraculously created by a particular artist, he is still experimenting with the dilution of the ego for the benefit of a "power" which is broader and more indefinite than oneself, a time out, an out of bounds - an "emptiness" which is also a fullness.

In all cases we are on the border of utterable to what is beyond language, or more precisely to what is below or above language, where the contiguity of this sensory experience with music and visual arts, who also - in their own way - have the ability to "transcribe infinity through aesthetic form."

Hence the idea to present a thematic exhibition on the concept of hal during the Festival of young talents gnaoua and the establishment of a visual arts workshop El Hal reserved for young Moroccans eager to learn the techniques inherent in the "assembly" of exposure (analysis of the theme, preparation, implementation, monitoring ...).

This exhibition, which is both educational, cultural, artistic, and open to the wider public, unfolds on two additional locations:

On the one hand, Dar Souiri (which take place during the festival concerts Maalem), openness to the world of two main brotherhoods Essaouira designed to allow a wide audience to discover or better ... To understand this, we propose the setting-specific decor of Dar Souiri, development museum of instruments and ritual objects accompanied by explanatory notes, and a dozen photographs, drawings and paintings the activities of Gnaoua and Hamadcha.

On the other hand, Bab Marrakech Borj present in an original in this unique place of an architectural point of view, the works of over twenty artists from Essaouira and the Kingdom of generations and mediums different (painting, sculpture, photography, video), which "translate" a direct, poetic, metaphorical or allusive, the experience of HAL or at least the "idea" where they stand before we give see share.

List of artists:

Youssef AMCHIR - Mustapha ASMAE - Zineb AIT AADDI - Souad ATTABA - Michel BADIA - Sadia BAIROU - Hervé BAIS - Belaïd BELHAOUI - Mustapha BELYASMINE - Redouane Bernaz - Amina BOUKHABZA - Larbi Cherkaoui - Fouzia EDDABZI - Mr. Bouqsim ERRASMI - Ali ESSAFI - BOUJMAA LAKHDAR - Najia Mehadji - Khalil MEMOUNNI - Noumad - Mustapha RAFIKI - TABAL Mohammed - Mohammed TAHDAINI - Mohammed SENOUSSI - Gérald VALMER - Mohammed ZOUZAF

Exhibition "artists around Essaouira-Angers"

October 2005 - An exhibition under the banner of échnage.
From 1 to 24 October 2005, was held the exhibition of works by two artists from Morocco.
Annimation workshops with children on school Angers.

Secretary of State for Youth, Mr Mohamed El Gahs gave in Rabat on Monday coup sent the first national festival of young artists (15 to 30 years) held from May 23 to 29 power.
Some 84 budding artists representing 47 delegations took part in this event, which was attended by young people during the 1210 playoffs phases, said a communiqué of the Secretary of State.
The exhibition will see a total of 211 tables divided between men (170) and women (41) specifies the same source, which notes that the festival also provides workshops on theoretical and applied courses given by specialists in arts plastics to participants, as well as visits to workshops and exhibitions of painters.

In a statement to MAP, Mr. El Gahs said that the main objective of this festival is to open up new opportunities for youth to express their talents and creative capabilities in the field of visual arts, noting that her department has already started similar events in film and theater.

He added that the festival also aims at popularizing the art to the youth through the organization of playoffs between the participants to the homes of young people under the various delegations of the Secretariat of State, who were responsible for select the best works.

Mr. El Gahs stressed that new clubs will be created art in the homes of young and courses and workshops will be organized to assist young people in this area, in addition to the organization of group and solo exhibitions of art, as well as competitions and festivals.

He also stressed that national events organized by the secretariat of state s used to cover different regions of Morocco, including rural areas, depending on the technical and human potential available in each region.

The jury of this festival is composed of painters Azzam Madkour, Bellaminou Makki, Abderhamane Rahoul, Bouchta El Heyani, Abdelkader Abderrahmane Khiyatti and Ouidane.