Artist talk with Nassim Azarzar on “All Things Flow” (2023), “Bonne Route” (2018-present), and other projects
Episode 187
Artist talk with Nassim Azarzar on “All Things Flow” (2023), “Bonne Route” (2018-present), and other projects
Nassim Azarzar (@nazarzar) is an artist and graphic designer who lives and works between Paris and Rabat. For several years, he has been developing an ongoing project called «Bonne route» dealing with ornamental practices of trucks transporting goods between the port cities of Tangier, Casablanca, Agadir, and the Moroccan villages of the Atlas, and the Rif. Azarzar’s aesthetic research revolves around decorative arts, painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic design, and experimental cinema. Before joining QANAT (a collective of artists and researchers exploring the political and poetic dimensions of water) in 2019, Azarzar co-founded and initiated multiple creative endeavors, among them: Atelier Superplus (@atelier_superplus), a design studio operating between Paris, Bristol, and Tangier in 2014; Think Tanger (@thinktanger), a platform dedicated to the exploration of the city of Tangier and its extensions at the urban and visual levels in 2016; and Atelier Kissaria (@tanger.print.club) in 2017 focused on experimental printing practices.
This interview was led by Beya Othmani, CAORC/Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Modern Art History, and was recorded on January 7, 2024 via Zoom as part of the Modern Art in the Maghrib series. This is part of a larger Council of American Overseas Research Centers program organized by the Centre d'Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT) and financed by the Andrew Mellon Foundation that seeks to collaborate with local institutions for a greater awareness of art historical research in north Africa.
We thank our friend Ignacio Villalón for his guitar performance for the introduction and conclusion of this podcast.
Production and editing: Lena Krause, AIMS Resident Fellow at the Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT).
Suggested Bibliography
Azarzar, Nassim. “Portfolio.”
Azarzar, Nassim. “Happy End.” YouTube. December 22, 2021.
Azarzar, Nassim. “Séquences de démarrage.” YouTube. January 20, 2023.
“Homepage.” School of Casablanca.
“How the Casablanca Art School helped to transform post-independence Morocco: ‘There was a feeling of newness everywhere.’” Christies. March 17, 2024.
Chabâa, Nadia. “Chabâa’s Concept of the “3 As.” bauhaus-imaginista.
“Mohamed Melehi and the Casablanca Arts School.” Lawrie Shabibi. May 27-August 25, 2023.
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