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Celebrating Diversity and Abundance
لنحتفل بالخيرات و الوفرة Harvest festivals celebrate abundance and liberty in the broadest sense.

Harvest Festival Marrakech draws on the tradition, present in many parts of the world, of holding an annual celebration around the time of the main harvest, which varies from place to place. Beyond the historical bounty of food and seasonal break from agricultural work, they have evolved to embrace a sense of community and a recognition of diversity. Harvest Festival emphasises the “local”: agroec

ology, biodiversity, culture and gastronomy performed and produced in the Marrakech-Safi region and beyond. As a collective endeavour, its success depends on a coordinated but autonomous effort of many community members and partners.

27/02/2026

Visions of Spring in our High Atlas landscapes

💮🌸February 24 marked the end of the winter season according to the Moroccan agricultural calendar.🌸💮

Like the other seasons, winter is composed of seven M’nazel (plural of Menzla), each lasting 13 days with the exception of one summer Menzla, L’Jebha, which lasts 14 days.

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According to this calendar, winter begins on November 26th with a menzla called Sa‘ad Ech’choula. Farmers say about this period:
"إذا جاء المطر في الشولة وجد المطاير للعولة",
meaning “If it rains during Ech’choula, make sure you have enough storage space for the harvest.”

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Winter ends with Sa‘ad El Khbiya on February 24th. Farmers describe it as follows:
"في الخبية تخرج كل من هي مخبية وتفرح كل من هي مربية",
meaning “During Sa‘ad El Khbiya, all animals that have given birth rejoice, and all animals and insects that hibernate come out,” as the cold nights are officially behind us.

February 25th saw the beginning of the spring season with its first two M’nazel: Far‘a Lamqadem and Far‘a Lamakher. This is when farmers roll up their sleeves and return to the fields: clearing weeds, caring for flowering trees, and replacing crops damaged by frost (such as fava beans and peas).
That’s why farmers say of these two M’nazel:
"إذا طلع فرع المقدم، فاخدم ولا تندم",
meaning “When Far‘a Lamqadem arrives, work hard, or you’ll regret it later.”

Words generously put together by our colleague and High Atlas Cultural Landscapes Field agromonist

Selection of images by and

24/12/2025

A vision of a wintery High Atlas - Tachaoukcht village underneath a bed of snow.

Shared with by one of our fellow community members.

16/12/2025

𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕎𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕆ℕ 𝔼ℂℍ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕀𝔼𝕊 | 𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕐𝕋ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀𝕊

→ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐃𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫! ←

Lastly 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒, a film and photo exhibition emerging from Shourideh Molavi’s personal relationships, friendships and comradeships.

If 𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 neatly documents and unpacks Israeli ecocidal strategies in “the strip” over decades, 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 offers a powerful testimony of the ongoing perdurance of life, culture, teachings, and steadfastness within Palestinian society even in the peak of the last two years genocidal campaigns. ‘Everything that is’ through a cinematic and poetic journey gives voice to the work of puppet maker Mahdi Kariri whilst the photo series Camps on Campus documents the enduring making and remaking of the Islamic University of Gaza as a forum for communal life.

Install shots by

Special thank yous to the and especially for all of his technical expertise in supporting and leading on this installation and all others in our Echologies Programme.

14/12/2025

𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕎𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕆ℕ 𝔼ℂℍ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕀𝔼𝕊 | ℂ𝔸𝕋ℍ𝔸ℝ𝕊𝕀𝕊

𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘣 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥.
– 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴

→ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐃𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫! ←

On 16th October, at DaDa (Marrakech), we inaugurated 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐒, a powerful and moving exhibition curated by Margarida Mendes, featuring the work of collectives, artists and activists & , , , , .saxena & .bahl.1 , ( & ), , with .ouallal, , entangled ecologies (, , , , , ) /Bvlbancha with &

All reporting from different bodies of water, the collective gestures and struggles encapsulated, chanted, and practiced within the 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐒 nucleus, offer a powerful testimony of water’s healing potential, but also chart a cartography of insurgent tactics and modes of belonging grounded in indigenous water cosmologies that offer us pathways to expand our political, and poetical, imaginaries.

CATHARSIS was originally commissioned and developed for the Porto Design biennale 2023. This iteration is part of Echologies, Harvest Festival’s V Autumn Edition, co-imagined with QANAT and in partnership with Dar Bellarj & LE 18.

Photo credits:
Install shots by
Opening Night:

11/12/2025

𝕋ℍℝ𝕆𝕎𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂 𝕆ℕ 𝔼ℂℍ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕀𝔼𝕊 | “ℕ𝕠 𝕋𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕃𝕚𝕗𝕖”

→ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟏 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫! ←

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱.” – 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘩 𝘔𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘪

“𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞” brought to us by is one of three exhibitions hosted by DaDa (Marrakech) as part of our most ambitious festival edition yet!

“𝐍𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞” which spurs from Molavi’s extensive work with Forensic Architecture in Gaza situates Palestinian farmers testimonies, next to forensic evidence of herbicidal warfare showing the intended destruction of agricultural lands through before and after satellite images. Large scale prints of affected leaves collected from farmers show up-close the destruction of life at its root. Next to these works we also find, exhibited for the first time, orange coloured receipts and employee ‘clock in’ cards – archives of the Al Shawwa family citrus factory. These cards are remnants of a once booming industry in Gaza, whose exports were shipped across the region. The citrus tree as Molavi explores in her seminal work Environmental Warfare in Gaza is threatened as a symbol of the Palestinian Eco-imaginary for younger generations.

These exhibitions are part of Echologies, Harvest Festival’s V Autumn Edition, co-imagined with QANAT and in partnership with Dar Bellarj & LE 18

09/12/2025

Celebrating the first edition of our Marrakech–Safi 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒎! 🌾

On November 26, we came together as Harvest Festival, in collaboration with , to host a day of rich discussions with actors representing all corners of our local food system. 🌍

We gathered with cooperative leaders, seed savers, farmers, business owners, small NGOs, researchers, professors, chefs, and creatives to collectively imagine what an equitable food system could look like on our own terms. 🤝

Throughout the day, we heard hopes and aspirations, as well as the challenges and micro-solutions that can nurture a more just approach to growing, producing, and consuming food. 🍃

In mixed breakout groups, participants listened deeply to each other’s perspectives shaped by their lived experiences. Later, in peer-to-peer circles, they identified the key challenges within their sectors. These insights were then reflected through La Via Campesina’s 6 Principles of Food Sovereignty, which grounded the day’s exchanges. ✨

Moving forward, the Food Forum will continue as a series of informal gatherings that create moments of solidarity around the shifts and networks needed to sustain the movement. It will also remain an integral part of our festival programming, where we hope to welcome experienced and inspiring voices from the global food sovereignty community to exchange with us here in Morocco. 🌱🤲🌍

04/11/2025

𝔼ℂℍ𝕆𝕃𝕆𝔾𝕀𝔼𝕊 𝔼𝕩𝕙𝕚𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟𝕤 𝕆𝕡𝕖𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 ℍ𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟑 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟏

Open WED to Sat, 11am to 7pm

Image 1: EVERYTHING THAT IS by Shourideh Molavi (viewable on the 2nd Floor)

Image 2: CATHARSIS curated by

Image 3. NO TRACES OF LIFE by

On site mediation is available from one of our team across Wednesdays and on Thursday to Saturday an artistic-cultural mediator and programmer supports us in taking care of the exhibitions and guiding visitors.

Don't miss the opportunity to see these exhibitions and the important worlds they shed light on 🌿

31/10/2025

Remembering with the Life Cycle of A Seed: Nigella, Black Seed, Habbat al-Baraka, Al-sânouj

Written commission exploring plant medicine, ancestral connection and resistance by Nina Anakar, now on the Harvest Festival Marrakech Website.

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15/10/2025

𝔼𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕋𝔸𝕃𝕂𝕊 & ℙ𝔼ℝ𝔽𝕆ℝ𝕄𝔸ℕℂ𝔼𝕊 – ℂ𝔸𝕋ℍ𝔸ℝ𝕊𝕀𝕊 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℙ𝕠𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣

[ENG, ARABIC in comments]

On SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER join us for an afternoon of watery conversations, listening sessions and storytelling from the arid landscapes of Marrakech to the riverbanks of the Channelsea all the way to the ones of contemporary Canada at LE 18

𝟐:𝟑𝟎 – 𝟒𝐩𝐦

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘴 & 𝘘𝘈𝘕𝘈𝘛 (𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘦𝘳𝘰 & 𝘙𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘦𝘫𝘥𝘪)

Drawing on the research framework offered by the exhibition CATHARSIS, in this conversation curator Margarida Mendes comes in dialogue with QANAT to expand on a reflection around the entanglements between research-led and participatory artistic practices, water guardianship and listening as a mode to attune to the erasures, transformations and resistances taking place in different landscapes.

𝟒 – 𝟒:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦

𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫

𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘰𝘭 (𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘭 & 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦)

Drawing from and expanding their invitation to listen presented as a text score in the CATHARSIS exhibition, Blanc Sceol performs via a live stream from and with the Channelsea river in London. The live performance invites us to be with a waterway in recovery from a heavy industrial past, and undergoing drastic change with incoming development along its banks.

𝟓 – 𝟔𝐩𝐦

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐠

𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 [𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘰]

In this talk, Janelle Baker describes two spheres of ethnographic research that intersect lively landscapes and more than human species in what is now known as Alberta, Canada.

Water joins these spheres and as the basis of life, is the being that First Nation communities are the most concerned about being contaminated by chemicals and introduced species.

12/10/2025

𝔼𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕋𝔸𝕃𝕂 – 𝕊𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕙 𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕒𝕧𝕚 & 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕚𝕔 𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖

[ENG, ARABIC in comments]

Join us for an exceptional series of talks with Shourideh Molavi, lead researcher for Palestine for Forensic Architecture, between 15 and 17 October.

𝟏𝟓 𝐎𝐂𝐓, 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐩𝐦 @ 𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟖
𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬
A foreground to the exhibition “No Traces of Life” by Forensic Architecture, this talk examines the role of images in Palestine, working from Forensic Architecture’s investigative projects into massacres conducted by Israeli forces especially in the Palestinian villages of Tantura and al-Dawayima in 1948. In the context of Israel’s genocidal campaign in the occupied Gaza Strip, these projects speak to longer colonial practices seeking to systematically destroy Palestinian life and environment, bodies and architecture.

𝟏𝟕 𝐎𝐂𝐓, 𝟑𝐩𝐦 @ 𝐃𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐣
𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒, 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚
𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 (𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐍 & 𝐀𝐑)

The second talk of Shourideh Molavi in our programme explores themes unfolding from her exhibition EVERYTHING THAT IS. This open discussion works from the genocidal realities on the ground in Gaza, and beyond the familiar lens of neo-liberal humanitarianism and dehumanizing misery, to examine the texture of the new communal arrangements that have been produced through daily forms of resilience.

𝟏𝟕 𝐎𝐂𝐓 𝟕:𝟑𝟎𝐩𝐦 @ 𝐃𝐚𝐃𝐚
𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞

Often part of longer legacies of sovereign practice, violent conflict is today a major contributor to environmental changes. Violence against the environment may be slow, indirect, and diffused, but it is enmeshed in colonial and military violence, and forms of domination. With a focus on Gaza, Palestine, we consider new and powerful forms of resistance and resilience that take place at the nexus of nature, landscape, and people.

09/10/2025

𝔼𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕐𝕋ℍ𝕀ℕ𝔾 𝕋ℍ𝔸𝕋 𝕀𝕊 𝕖𝕩𝕙𝕚𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝔻𝕒 (𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕔𝕙)
[ENG, ARABIC IN COMMENTS]

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐂𝐓 𝟐𝟓, 𝟕𝐩𝐦 — 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥'𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓)

Introducing you to the exhibition EVERYTHING THAT IS by Shourideh Molavi, presented at DaDa from 16th October to 21st December 2025, as part of our Echologies programme.

In Palestine, there has been a proliferation of widely available videos and audio from the ground, resulting in a range of novel visual and journalistic practices. However, the wide dissemination of user-generated media, complemented with the hyper-restricted and engineered lack of direct access by human rights defenders and observers to Palestine has meant that most of these actors rely on tools from a distance.

The effect of these counter-forensic tools from a distance to tell the story of an ongoing genocide has often been the erasure of daily forms of resistance and the further dehumanization of Palestinians whose overstudied and hyper-surveilled lives are being increasingly reduced to the technical lens of rubble, misery, and humanitarianism.

The exhibited works, ‘Everything that is’ and ‘Camps on Campus’ are part of an effort by Molavi and her collaborators in Palestine to subvert the media, cultural and political landscape within which Palestinian suffering is consumed, tallied, and visualized.
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Dr. Shourideh C. Molavi is a writer and scholar specializing in critical state theory, decolonization, migration and border studies and decolonial ecologies. She has over 20 years of academic and fieldwork experience in the Middle East—focusing on Palestine—on the topics of border practices, citizenship and statelessness, militarized landscapes, and human and minority rights, with an emphasis on the relationship between the law, violence, and power.

Since 2014, she has worked as the dedicated researcher on Palestine/Israel and fieldworker for Forensic Architecture, an interdisciplinary research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London.

08/10/2025

💦 ℂ𝔸𝕋ℍ𝔸ℝ𝕊𝕀𝕊 💦
ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖 𝕖𝕩𝕙𝕚𝕓𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕥 𝔻𝕒𝔻𝕒 (𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕣𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕔𝕙)

[ENG, ARABIC IN COMMENTS]

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐂𝐓 𝟐𝟓, 𝟕𝐩𝐦 — 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥'𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐧 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓)

Introducing you to the collective exhibition CATHARSIS.

CATHARSIS presents the work of transdisciplinary research collectives, and solidarity activist movements reporting from different bodies of water. These include artists, speculative designers, book makers, urban planners, filmmakers, geographers, weavers, and sound artists, among other collaborators. From rio Bogotá, to the Lower Mississippi river, Marrakesh’s palm groves to the desertified lands of the Gulf, or the Channelsea, these groupings relate to ongoing struggles taking place on hydrographic basins across the globe. They establish parallels between the occupation and expropriation of indigenous lands in the Great Lake region in North America, to the erasure of modes of living and land use knowledge in Narmada river in India, or the militarization and ecocide along the Mampuján region in Colombia, mirroring events occurring simultaneously across several geographies. Combating these modes of occupation with creative acts of response, the examples of hydric uprisings hereby presented call up for an abolition of borders and privatization of resources. As a resurgent power in flight, the aquatic element rises cathartically, through bodies and storms in motion, echoing demands for environmental and social justice.

Catharsis is curated by ()

With contributions by & , .monleon , , , , .saxena & .bahl.1 , ( & ), , with .ouallal, , entangled ecologies (, , , , , ) /Bvlbancha with &

CATHARSIS was originally commissioned for the 3rd in 2023.

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