17 February 2024 marked the 60th anniversary of the signing of the bilateral agreement between Belgium and Morocco on the recruitment of labour. To commemorate this 60th anniversary, Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre, based in Brussels, in collaboration with various institutional and independent partners is organizing a series of events in Morocco, both in the cities of Tangier (Oct 4-25) and Oujda (Nov 1-30). The choice of Tangiers and Oujda for this event seems highly appropriate, given that the Moroccan community in Belgium is mainly drawn from the northern and eastern regions.
Moussem Belgica – Transnational Stories will feature three artistic expressions: a visual arts exhibition, literature and cinema. The aim is to showcase the work of Belgian-Moroccans, or Moroccan artists who have spent time in Belgium, in a range of artistic disciplines, the product of the multiple cross-fertilisations that characterise the new generation of artists in an increasingly globalised world.
Program Tanger:
Exhibition
Ongoing from October 4 to 25, 2024
(Official opening on October 4 at 6 p.m.)
Galerie d’Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi, Tangier
Artist Talk with Hicham Bouzid as moderator
October 5, 2024 at 4 p.m.
KIOSK Think Tanger
Literary Evening with authors and Sanae Assif as speaker
October 5, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Théâtre Riad Sultan
Film Screening(s)
October 11: Rachid - Rachida El Garani & Image - Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah 7 p.m.
October 18: Klem - Ish Ait Hamou & Amal - Jawad Rhalib 7.30 p.m.
Cinémathèque de Tanger
Program Oujda:
Exhibition
Ongoing from November 1 to 30, 2024
(Official opening on November 1 at 6 p.m.)
Galerie d’Art Oujda
Artist Talk
Le 2 novembre 2024 at 4 p.m.
Galerie d’Art Oujda
Literary gatherings
Le 2 novembre 2024 at 7 p.m
Lycée Omar Ibn Abdelaziz
Le 3 novembre at 3 p.m
l’Oriental Espace, Berkane
Film Screening(s)
November 29: Rachid - Rachida El Garani & Image - Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
November 30: Klem - Ish Ait Hamou & Amal - Jawad Rhalib
Conservatoire Régional de Musique et d’Art Choréographique d’Oujda
exhibition
Younes Baba-Ali, Khadija El Abyad, Badr El Hammani, Nabila Halim, Hamza Halloubi, Nabil Himich, Randa Maroufi, Mostafa Saifi Rahmouni, Hanane El Farissi
literature
Aya Sabi, Ish Ait Hamou, Rachida Lamrabet, Taha Adnan
film
Ish Ait Hamou, Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, Rachida El Garani, Jawad Rhalib
Graphic Designer: Sofia Fahli (Edition Atonale)
Press & communication on-site - in Morocco: Merouane Touali
Partners in TANGIER
Regional Directorate of Culture Tanger-Tétouan - Al Hoceima, National Institute of Fine Arts of Tétouan, Théâtre Riad Sultan, Cinémathèque de Tanger
Partners in OUJDA
Oriental Agency for Development, Regional Directorate of Culture of the Oriental, National Institute of Fine Arts - Oujda branch
Regional Conservatory of Music and Choreographic Arts of Oujda, A-48 Art Network, Maghreb International Film Festival Oujda, National School of Architecture - Oujda
With the support of:
Flemish Community, VGC, Flanders Literature, The Ministry of Youth, Culture, and Communication, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad, CCME, CLB
Special thanks: to all participating artists, authors, and directors & the Moussem team (Mohamed Ikoubaân, Phillip Van den Bossche, Cees Vossen, Yaël Wolfs, Anne-Lore Thijssen, Kelly De Cock, Sam Loncke and Aïcha Mouhamou)
PRESSKIT (Dutch)
17 February 2024 marked the 60th anniversary of the signing of the bilateral agreement between Belgium and Morocco on the recruitment of labour. To commemorate this 60th anniversary, Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre, based in Brussels, in collaboration with various institutional and independent partners is organizing a series of events in Morocco, both in the cities of Tangier (Oct 4-25) and Oujda (Nov 1-30). The choice of Tangiers and Oujda for this event seems highly appropriate, given that the Moroccan community in Belgium is mainly drawn from the northern and eastern regions.
Moussem Belgica – Transnational Stories will feature three artistic expressions: a visual arts exhibition, literature and cinema. The aim is to showcase the work of Belgian-Moroccans, or Moroccan artists who have spent time in Belgium, in a range of artistic disciplines, the product of the multiple cross-fertilisations that characterise the new generation of artists in an increasingly globalised world.
Program Tanger:
Exhibition
Ongoing from October 4 to 25, 2024
(Official opening on October 4 at 6 p.m.)
Galerie d’Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi, Tangier
Artist Talk with Hicham Bouzid as moderator
October 5, 2024 at 4 p.m.
KIOSK Think Tanger
Literary Evening with authors and Sanae Assif as speaker
October 5, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Théâtre Riad Sultan
Film Screening(s)
October 11: Rachid - Rachida El Garani & Image - Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah 7 p.m.
October 18: Klem - Ish Ait Hamou & Amal - Jawad Rhalib 7.30 p.m.
Cinémathèque de Tanger
Program Oujda:
Exhibition
Ongoing from November 1 to 30, 2024
(Official opening on November 1 at 6 p.m.)
Galerie d’Art Oujda
Artist Talk
Le 2 novembre 2024 at 4 p.m.
Galerie d’Art Oujda
Literary gatherings
Le 2 novembre 2024 at 7 p.m
Lycée Omar Ibn Abdelaziz
Le 3 novembre at 3 p.m
l’Oriental Espace, Berkane
Film Screening(s)
November 29: Rachid - Rachida El Garani & Image - Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
November 30: Klem - Ish Ait Hamou & Amal - Jawad Rhalib
Conservatoire Régional de Musique et d’Art Choréographique d’Oujda
