Exhibition design, Dar Bellarj, Marrakech, Morocco
ARCHEOLOGIES
FIRST EXHIBITION OF CYCLE ARCHITECTURE(S)
Dar Bellarj, Marrakech Morocco
Curation : Laila Hida, Ines yahiaoui
Scenography : Sara Ayoub
CREDITS AND THANKS
My deepest gratitude to Dar Bellarj Foundation, to Laila Hida and Inès Yahiaoui, curators of the exhibition for their trust, shared knowledge and the unique collaborative exhibition format.
To the entire team of the Dar Bellarj Foundation, to Maha El Madi, director of the foundation for her constant support during installation. To Aziz Bouyabrine and Sylvain Jabveneau for their invaluable tehcnical help during installation. Lamia El Madi, administrator; Vincent Mellili, president of the foundation; and Fadma Fanghach for the coordination and Souhaibe El Habachi for the mediation.
Susanna Biedermann Foundation for its institutional support and the trust placed in this project.
Special thanks to Romain Werlier for the lighting design and Fatima Ezzahra El Khammas for the graphic design of the exhibition. To the topography cabinet Axigeo, for providing the plans, 3D documents that allowed me to work on a precise proposal.
Quentin Wilbaux and Samir Aït Oumghar for the precious archival material of the exhibition.
The entire scientific team that conducted the archaeological and anthropological mission at Dar Bellarj in May 2025: Abdallah Fili, Samir Kafas, Mohamed Belatik, Redouane Khedid, and Samir Aït Oumghar.
The Artists for their trust and collaboration :
Abderrahim Harabida, Alia Belgsir and Atelier des Mamans Douées, Aliocha Tazi et Bilal Alwidadi, Ayman Aït Yahia, Basma Rkioui et Yassine Oulhiq, Janneke Raaphorst et Malika El Oualy, Nabil Himich, QANAT, Future Materials (Jan Van Eyck Academie), Siska, ST4 (Sadek Kaffel et Yassin Bouzid), Tania El Khoury, Yasmine Benabdallah, Yasmine El Ouali, Younes Rahmoun.
Iaac-3dpa for the Teixit collaboration prototypes.
The Benchaâbane Foundation for the generous loan granted in the context of the exhibition.
QANAT Collective, Francesca Masoero, for the coordination and curatorial support provided for the creation of the Tasraft room.
Jan van Eyck Academie for the generous loans from Future Materials, as well as Dar El Mamoun and Omar Berrada for providing access to books from their library.
The entire team of Dar Bellarj : Maha El Madi,
For the formwork of the steles and the realization of the excavation floor, Mohamed Boukhima and Amine Boukhima. Nadira Mountagui for the textile work and Amaragh Fitah for the excavations and exposure of the floors, The Sidi Ghanem team for metal work.
To the collaborators and partners who contributed to the project: Zohra El Hajji for press and communication, Zakaria Chahbane for production support,as well as LE 18 for facilitating the residency program. The artfair for hosting such a complete event and including our opening in their rich Programation.
