Sefrou se encuentra en el corazón del Medio Atlas. Traditionally, a market town located amidst fertile farming lands, it _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_is known for its fruit orchards, _cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_cherry festival and the large Jewish community _cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_that lived there up until the _cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b- 136bad5cf58d_last _cc781905-5cde-31 94-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_siglo. Sefrou sigue siendo el hogar de una gran comunidad de artesanos locales, herreros, carpinteros, tejedores y botoneros. Aunque la comunidad sigue prosperando, pocos son los de la generación joven que desean aprender estas habilidades.
Visitando a los artesanos locales en sus talleres, conoceremos su trabajo y su día a día como una forma de conocer el lugar a través de las personas y sus espacios de trabajo. Una orientación de la ciudad desde adentro hacia afuera organizada por Culture Vultures, nos llevará a una relación más profunda con las mujeres amazigh que hilan y tejen y participaremos en un taller textil hecho a mano._cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_
Se nos presentará 'El telar en los rituales locales' y cómo las mujeres usaban el telar como medio sagrado de protección. El domingo haremos una excursión de un día a un pueblo comercial de montaña en el Medio Atlas de donde proviene la lana, para conocer a mujeres que practican tradiciones textiles ininterrumpidas en la región.
Junto con estas visitas, nuestro trabajo consistirá en escuchar las historias que emergen de nuestras actividades, así como relacionarnos con historias tradicionales de todo el mundo para enfocarnos más claramente en el papel de la artesanía en la vida del Alma. En nuestro último día compartiremos estas historias en una velada de narración de cuentos (no se necesita experiencia previa). Las prácticas chamánicas diarias nos ayudarán a acceder al conocimiento ancestral y buscar la curación de la ruptura moderna entre la habilidad y la comunidad, el oficio y el Tiempo.
Artist Residency / Nov, Dec 2024
Panorama-Art - Facinas / Tarifa, Northern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Coordinated and facilitated by Karmit EvenZur for Colectivo la Espiral ACC.
Supported by Culture Moves Europe Goethe Institute, Transculture and Pepinieres
creacion in collaboration local groups and organisations.
Participating artists: Laura Burns , Annie Graham , Fred Chemama , Diáne Zillmer,
Elizabeth Guerrero.
IV OPEN STUDIOs Tarifa/Facinas 5- 8- Dec.
GESTURING
TOWARD A
CULTURE OF
BIOREGIONS
The Strait of Gibraltar, with its natural boundaries, political frontiers, pathways, thresholds, and gateways, is the channel of water that connects the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, between the African and European continents. It is a vital thoroughfare for marine and bird migration, maritime trade, travel and trafficking. A symbolic gateway between two continents and two seas.
As a bioregion, the Strait of Gibraltar area encompasses not only the waterway itself but also the surrounding land areas and coastal zones of southern Spain, northern Morocco, and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. This residency will take place on the Iberian peninsula side of the Strait (a residency in south side of the Strait is planned for 2025-2026), and will seek to explore the natural history of the area; exploring its ecosystems and watersheds.
Engaging with questions about pathways and borders between nation states, we explored the issue from the perspectives of natural ecosystems.
The residency programme offered sessions guided by local ornithologists, geologists and conservationists to learn about local flora, fauna, migration movements of birds, marine species, tectonic plates and the cultural history of the area to inspire the artists to fabricate/ideate/curate artistic projects that fostered collaborations according to regional biogeographical patterns. Read more about their projects here.
EXPLORING
BIOREGIONAL
ECOLOGICAL
IDENTITY
Curated and facilitated by Karmit Even Zur in collaboration with Colectivo La Espiral Arte y Cultura Contemporánea. La Espiral has been holding a series of transcultural meetings of artists since 2009 in Northern Morocco and in Spain (primarily in Morocco; M'zora, Larache, Tetuan and Spain; Valencia) as well as curating exhibitions in France and in Belgium. Artists have been exploring the reality and implications of migration between the African and European continent across the Strait of Gibraltar, promoting social integration, incorporating debates and workshops with school children and youth to facilitate accessibility and exchange, as well as bringing socially engaged art to grassroots communities, often created in situ.
As a continuation of this work, La Espiral proposes a series of artist residencies, orienting our gaze towards local ecosystems and their historical and eco-mythological narratives to foster collaborations on a bioregional scale in Strait of Gibraltar, expanding and building on our current body of work.
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