April 18-20 2025 – Sakhra Encounters in Moulay Bouchta, Morocco

Sakhra Encounters 2025 (18-20.4.2025)

Initiated in 2019 by Abdeljalil Saouli, Gilles Aubry and Carlos Perez Marin, the Sakhra project aims to bring together practitioners of art and research in a convivial setting open to the public. The event takes place over three days in April 2025 in Moulay Bouchta, a village 60 km north of Fez in Morocco. Activities take place mainly in and around the house of artist Abdeljalil Saouli. On the menu: a program of exhibitions, performances, workshops, walks, discussions and shared meals. For the 2025 edition, four artists and researchers are invited for a residency aimed at redeploying their practice on the site with a view to a public presentation. In exchange with local residents, the focus is on the materials and local knowledge used in construction, cultivation and culinary preparations, as well as on listening and communication between species.

Initiators: Abdeljlail Saouli, Gilles Aubry, Fatima Zahra Lakrissa, Carlos Perez Marin
Resident Artists: Ikram Benchrif, Khalid, El Bastraoui, Marouane Dekaoui, Mohssine Harraki, Abdellah Hassak, Amal Laala, Souad El Maysour, Dounia Mseffer.
Sound Contributors : Oli Bonzanigo, Touda Bouanani, Ali Essafi, Saida Essafiry, Sukitoa O Namau, Youssef Titou.

INFO

Adress: Abdeljalil Saouli, Moulay Bouchta, emplacement sur google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AqLq65C5Xtrshq7z6

Time Plan: Opening on 18.4, 17h. Ongoing artist presentations and interventions, 19-20.4.2025, 11-22h.