This event is a tribute to a legacy of craftsmanship, independence and tradition that explores key topics relating to family, heritage and creativity.
The central idea can be summarized by this maxim in Moroccan dialect Arabic: “Mnin ta, Mnin ana”. Which translates to “Where I come from, you come from.” An aphorism that underlines the continuity and shared nature of craftsmanship, identity and family heritage, as explained by the two curators of the exhibition Amine Lahrach, multidisciplinary artist and Ula Neumann, art archivist Berliner.
Fatna Maaroufi is both an artisan, an embroiderer, and the recently deceased mother of Meriem Nour, designer, creator of the Hanout Boutique brand and founder of this new cultural space.
A sound document presented during the launch touched the presence. This is a testimony in the form of a conversation from the girls of La Fatna. They evoke their childhood memories with their mother around embroidery, knitting, these privileged moments of transmission and this heritage which they all ultimately inherited. And above all, they insist on this transmission also of the financial independence that this know-how and this creativity brought to them. And the girls relate several anecdotes on this subject about this mother whom they are proud to remember that she always worked.
Opposite this audio testimony, another dialogue, silent and just as strong between two outfits, one of Meriem Nour, the girl, standing in front of the traditional one, embroidered by her mother, in a seated position ready to transmit her knowledge.
In the background, the maxim that underlies this entire exhibition written in Arabic: “Mnin ta, Mnin ana”.
And between these two dialogues, one sound, the other silent, family photos of La Fatna, wearing different outfits which thus return to a certain history of Moroccan fashion told through the personal photos of a mother, an artisan, independent Moroccan woman.
