تحية من مراكش

Moving on, i am in Morocco participating the International Curatorial Intensive Marrakech 17 - 26 May, 2015.

The Curatorial Intensive is a rigorous schedule of seminars, conversations, and presentations that support the process of developing an idea for an exhibition or program into a full proposal. I am here with Jeff Ajueshi, Robyn-Leigh Cedras, Wafa Gabsi, Inês Grosso, Salma Lahlou, Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa, Rosa Lleó, Kwasi Ohene-Ayeh, Evelyn Owen, Ilhan Ozan, Shahana Rajani and Ipek Ulusoy  a group of exciting emerging curators from around the world we are exchanging ideas, and developing  curatorial projects in the local context and artistic production.

We will be doing site visits, had individual meetings, roundtable discussions be led so far (21 May) by, Omar Berrada co-directors of Dar al-Ma’mûn the host of the ICI Marrakech, María del Carmen Carrión Director of Public Programs & Research at ICI, Renaud Proch (Executive Director, ICI) and we are expecting Hassan Darsi and Florence Renault-Darsi (artist and curator respectively, Founders of La source du lion, Casablanca), Mohamed Rachdi (curator and art critic, Casablanca), Shuddhabrata Sengupta (artist and writer, New Delhi), and Bisi Silva (Founder/Director, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos), among others. this was an introduction i will keep you updated as the projects develop you can see the photos on http://curatorsintl.org/posts/photos-from-the-curatorial-intensive-in-marrakech