MEDI1TV Afrique : #Chronique_culture du 07/03/2025 - 07/03/2025
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00:00Welcome to Medihan TV and art in this chroniculture and collective exhibition
00:14Trajectory of ink and wood, a meeting of elements that takes place at the gallery
00:19of the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Promotion of Social Works, Education and Training in Rabat.
00:24An exhibition that explores the relationship between humans, nature and art
00:29through the creations of the artists Allel Assal and Abdelhak Demi.
00:33Organized until April 3, this exhibition presents two distinct and complementary artistic universes
00:39towards one side, delicate drawings made with ink from China by the artist-drawer Allel Assal
00:45and sculptures meticulously shaped in the wood floated by the sculptor Abdelhak Demi.
00:51Exploring a world where gesture becomes poetry and the line an emotion,
00:55the minimalist drawings of Allel Assal invite a journey of exploration and interpretation
01:01of the artist's graphic abstractions to transcend reality and initiate in each one
01:06a work of free and liberated introspection from the black ink, a capricious medium
01:12that requires a lot of precision and self-taught attention.
01:17The artist-drawer from Rabat chose the voice of the reclusive artist,
01:22experimenting and exploring technical paths before dedicating himself
01:26almost exclusively to black ink drawings.
01:30I invite you to listen to the artist Allel Assal.
01:33In any case, these are minimalist, simple drawings,
01:39but the execution of which is very complicated, very difficult.
01:44What adds to this difficulty is the fact of working with a medium
01:50like the ink of China.
01:52As I always say, it is a capricious material.
01:58It does not obey easily.
02:00You have to let yourself until the last moment.
02:03You thought you had finished your work.
02:05A little mistake and the drawing is missed because you can't erase it.
02:10As an artist said, there is no repentance with the drawing.
02:14A drawing when it is missed, it is missed.
02:18That's what I can say.
02:23You have noticed that my works are without titles.
02:27It is voluntary.
02:30It is not because I lack imagination to find titles.
02:34It is essentially to not invade the imagination of the viewer,
02:39of the person watching.
02:41Because when we attribute a title to a work,
02:45we direct the person to a certain reading.
02:50For his part, Abdelhak Koddami, passionate about the sea and its treasures,
02:54sublimates the floating wood, material shaped by currents and time,
02:58in sculptures full of life and emotion,
03:00inspired by its organic forms and its natural energy,
03:03thus celebrating the beauty of imperfection and the poetry of simple things.
03:08Abdelhak Koddami, native of the region of Wazen,
03:11has always had an interest in art and sculpture,
03:14often inspired by the organic forms of nature.
03:18His first works consisted of assemblages of shells,
03:22pebbles and pieces of wood.
03:24His adventure with wood began with the creation of functional and decorative works of art,
03:29before moving towards a pure plastic expression.
03:32Beyond his artistic work, Abdelhak Koddami is part of an ecological and sustainable approach.
03:38By recycling floating wood, he values a material often perceived as useless,
03:43transforming its natural waste into meaningful works of art.
03:47I invite you to listen to the sculptor and artist Abdelhak Koddami.
03:52Why do I work with floating wood?
03:54Because this is where I pick up the floating wood.
03:58I work on the Mediterranean, this is where I pick it up.
04:03The name floating wood implies that it has spent a long time in the sea.
04:10It is wood that has been thrown by the sea and picked up,
04:14to work on the sculptures that you see right now.
04:18The work of picking up is a bit difficult,
04:23because I travel miles and miles with a backpack to pick up floating wood.
04:29You have to walk 4-5 hours with a backpack.
04:33Then I go back to the workshop to start cleaning the floating wood,
04:40dusting it, and then moving on to the creativity.
04:46I work a lot on animal sculptures.
04:50If you see behind me, it's the horse, because it is present in force.
04:57And music to finish.
04:59And the last clip of the Moroccan singer Esma El Mnouar,
05:02in duo with Mehdi Mouzaïne, called Hada Gelbi.
05:07The clip already has thousands of streams.
05:10I suggest you listen to an excerpt.
05:57Thank you, dear viewers, for your loyalty and information.
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