Participating artists Saadane Afif (1975, V endome, FR), W afae Ahalouch el K eriasti (1978, T anger , M A), Mustapha Akrim (1981, Rabat, MA), Can and Asli Altay (1975, Ankara, TR), Jelili Atiku (1968, Ejigbo, NG), Kader Attia (1970, Dugny, FR), Hicham Benohoud (1968, Marrakech, MA), Katinka Bock (1976, Frankfurt/Main, DE), Keren Cytter (1977, Tel-Aviv, Il), Lily Reynaud Dewar (1975, La Rochelle, FR), Cevdet Erek (1974, Istanbul, TR), Eric Van Hove (1976, DZ), Iman Issa (1979, Cairo, EG), Hamid El Kenbouhi (1976, MA), Gabriel Lester (1972, Amsterdam, NL), Tala Madani (1981, Teheran, IR), Clara Meister (1981, Munich, DE), Agnes Meyer-Brandis (1973, Aaken, DE), Walid Raad (1967, Beirut, LB), Pamela Rosenkranz (1979 , Sils-Maria, CH), Khaled Sabsabi (1965, Tripoli, LB), Mounira Al Solh (1978, Beirut, LB) and Katarina Zdjelar (1979, Belgrade, RS). Marrakech Biennale 5 Where are we now? 26 February – 31 March 2014 Press Preview: 25 February 2014 VIP & Professional Preview: 26 February 2014 Marrakech Biennale Association El Fenn (House of Art) 2 Derb Moulay Abdallah Ben Hezzian Bab el-Ksour, Medina Marrakech, Morocco Hicham Khalidi is a Dutch-Moroccan curator of contemporary art. From 2003 until 2011, he was artistic director of TAG (Audiovisual Art Institute in The Hague, The Netherlands). His favourite subjects are politics of the image and trans-disciplinary research in speculative art and design. Khalidi is a board member of V2_: interdisciplinary centre for art and media technology in Rotterdam, and The Naked: a blog and event promoting a global vs. local understanding of the art world today. His latest curated exhibitions include: 'On Geometry and Speculation' (as part of the 4th edition of the Marrakech Biennale, Marrakech, 2012), 'Transnatural Festival' (Nemo Science Center, Amsterdam, 2012) and 'Alles, was Sie über Chemie wissen müssen' (Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2011). About Marrakech Biennale In 2004 with the rise of global tensions, Vanessa Branson envisioned a cultural festival that would address social issues through the arts, using them as a vehicle for debate and discussion and to build bridges between diverse ideologies. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014, The Marrakech Biennale is the first major biennale held in the Maghreb focusing on cutting-edge contemporary art, literature and film. The Biennale seeks to promote the status of the art and contemporary culture in North Africa and to make the creative scene of the region more dynamic, enabling discussions with and between artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, musicians, choreographs and architects. Held every two years, this non-state funded Biennale promotes intercultural and interdisciplinary exchanges through an educational approach that addresses both art professionals and the general public.

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