“Moroccan culture is a tradition of orality and symbolism, a strong diversity is essential on the various levels of use and implementation of the latter.  The presence of photographs was very rare in daily life.  art in its relation sometimes dialectic sometimes complicit with the sacred shows its capacity to adapt to the contexts. The colonial moment was a decisive phase in the evolution of the aesthetic and artistic paradigm. Western culture discovered a particular expression often qualified as “naive”. It would then be possible that art in its current form is a colonial invention of artistic expression. The intention of this conference is to talk about the context of emergence of the first art schools in Morocco as well as the postcolonial artistic movements to finally open the debate on the notion of decolonization in the arts in Morocco.” (Text by courtesy of Mohammed Hamdouni. Photo credit: Alice Andreea Georgescu on Unsplash)

Registration: Required | Max. seats: 100 | Language: English