Among the guests at this event we cite in particular the Moroccan Designer, Hicham Lahlou, who will participate in this 15th edition as part of the official “IN” Program, an exhibition dedicated to Design. In the official section of this edition, a total of 58 artists will take part, including five Moroccans, namely: Hiba Baddou, Youssef Taki Miloudi, Ghizlane Sahli, Hicham Berrada and Majida Khattari, indicate the organizers of this event dedicated to contemporary artistic creation. African.
The Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art is the largest and oldest major event on the African continent, also the oldest African Biennale of contemporary artistic creation and the first event that began to promote African design.
This event is also a framework for mediation and promotion of African aesthetics which are, in essence, complex and even mixed. This Biennale materializes a positive Africa whose aim is to play its part in the concert of nations, according to the organizers. For a month in Dakar, it mainly houses official “IN” exhibitions and “OFF” private initiatives. The official “IN” program includes a design exhibition held at the former “Palais de Justice” in the capital Dakar.
The objective is to highlight the importance of design in Africa and to encourage collaboration between designers, artisans, entrepreneurs and industrialists. The Dakar Biennale prompted the organization of additional exhibitions from the various editions of the 1990s until that of the year 2000. In 2002, for its fifth edition, the General Secretariat set up a Technical Commission dedicated to environmental manifestations commonly called “OFF”.
(With MAP)
