The first Invocation of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travelers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice takes place for the first time in Morocco and in Marrakech precisely, on November 14 and 15. Entitled Breaths: on deep listening and active reception, the Invocation focuses on the circularity as well as the precariousness of breathing, Gnawa music as a way of being, Sufi cultures and listening as a practice of coexistence, as well as on the creation of places and spaces.
The event was imagined by the conceptual team of the 36th Bienal in collaboration with LE 18 and the Dar Bellarj Foundation as part of curatorial approaches to exploring sound and music as avenues of knowledge. The Invocation counts on the participation of Maalem Abdellah El Gourd, Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa, Ghassan El Hakim, Kenza Sefrioui, Laila Hida, Leila Bencharnia, Maha Elmadi, Mourad Belouadi, Simnikiwe Buhlungu and Taoufiq Izzediou.
The program takes place over two days, November 14 and 15, the first will focus on the spiritual practice of listening to rhythm and its resonance in the body, and the second, on breathing to claim space and space. existence, and on the heritage of Souffles magazine.
This Invocation will take place at the multidisciplinary cultural space and artistic residence LE 18, created in 2013 in the heart of the Medina of Marrakech, and at the Dar Bellarj Foundation, a cultural center dedicated to highlighting the architectural, artistic and cultural heritage of Morocco through educational, inclusive and community programming and approach.
Programming:
Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, THE 18
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Introduction by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, poetry reading by Alya Sebti followed by a collective session of listening to poetry and Maalem guembri
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Who is Ahmed Ben Draoui? Performative reading on fiction and the representation of origin by Laila Hida with Mourad Belouadi
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Conference by Ghassan El Hakim on his research contextualizing the practice of the Gnawa master Maalem Abdellah El Gourd
5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Conference-performance by Simnikiwe Buhlungu on synthesis, intonation and looping
6:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Introduction and screening of the film La terre en trance, by Taoufiq Izzediou
7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Gnawa Again! Performance by Ghassan El Hakim with Gnawa master Maalem Abdellah El Gourd accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Mourad Belouadi
Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, LE 18 and Dar Bellarj Foundation
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Collective reading of poems by Abdellatif Laâbi with Kenza Sefrioui [au LE 18]
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Conference-performance by Kenza Sefrioui on the heritage of Souffles magazine [au LE 18]
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Conference by Fatima-Zakhra Lakrissa on the Maghreb Art magazine [au LE 18]
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Listening session by Leila Bencharnia [au LE 18]
5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Opening speech by Maha Elmadi and video screening by Laila Hida [à la Fondation Dar Bellarj]
6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Hadra, final performance with Lalla Khala and the Gifted Moms of Dar Bellarj [à la Fondation Dar Bellarj]
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