When ART Meets Casablanca's Billboards | Billboard Festival Casablanca 2015

Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco, is celebrating from the 1st to the 15th of April 2015 the Billboard Festival which occupies 63 billboards in the "non-sleeping" city. The billboards caught the attention of so many people from different ages and cultures.

The 15 days period will be a pure honor for the Moroccan culture, Moroccan photographers AND Nordic contemporary women artists. The exhibited "Master-Peaces" will for sure bring a certain spirit to the city and will distress the active population of Casablanca by making'em focus more on the content of the billboards which will change the commercial basic billboards to what we have been used to (especially in the commercial capital of Morocco).

The Billboard Festival is more of a challenge targeting to change our view about the urban space, stereotypes about identity and most important about women, who are given the opportunity in the festival to make their voices heard and express their inner artist in order to make the city a better environment for creativity.

The festival-project is the approach of the Copenhagen based visual artist Hanne Lise Thomsen known for her projects in public spaces including The Billboard project Women2003 in Copenhagen.

Last but not least, the Billboard Festival Casablanca 2015 is a brand new Nordic-Arabic project looking forward to promoting Moroccan and Scandinavian Women artists on the most crowded streets of Casablanca to show the world a "friendship" between Moroccan and Scandinavia quoted "The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship".

An event is going to take place in Casablanca following the festival with artist talks, video projections, performances and panel debates.

The Billboard Festival team put up a website (Click HERE) where you can find a map that shows the exact emplacements of each billboard, names of the artists + their works.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

From Scandinavia:
Anette Abrahamsson (SE), Jeanne Betak (DK), Katja Bjørn (DK) Yvette Brackman (DK) Christina Capetillo (DK), Sidse Carstens (DK), Charlotte Haslund-Christensen (DK), The Icelandic Love Corporation (IS), Hilda Ekeroth (SE), Maria Finn (SE), Fryd Frydendahl (DK); Gudrun Hasle (DK), Ane Henriksen (DK), Ditte Haarløv Johnsen (DK), Kirsten Justesen (DK), Lene Adler Petersen (DK), Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen (DK), Jytte Rex (DK), Aurora Reinhard (FI), Beathe C.Rønning (NO), Christel Sverre (NO), Jeanette Sætre (NO) Hanne Lise Thomsen (DK), Charlotte Troldahl (DK).

From Morocco:
Rita Alaoui, Leila Alaoui, Zineb Andress Arraki, Myriem Baadi, Aïcha El Beloui, Carolle Benitah, Yasmina Benabderrahmane, Hind Bensari, Deborah Benzaquen, Siham Achari Berrada, Celine Croze, Safaa Erruas, Soukeina Hachem, Yasmine Hajji, Soukaïna Aziz El Idrissi, Maria Kabbaj, Zahrin Kahlo, Wafae Ahalouch el Keriasti, Jamila Lamrani, Randa Maroufi, Safaa Mazirh, Fatima Mazmouz, Zara Samiry, Bouanani Touda, Fatiha Zemmouri

Students from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen: 
Kinga Bartis (HU), Biba Fibiger (DK), Una Gunnarsdottir (IS), Nike Åkerberg (SE), Anne Kristin Kristiansen (D), Coline Marotta (F), Radmila Jovovic (SRB), Anna Sjöström (SV). 

Students from École Superieure des Beaux Arts, Casablanca: 
Amal Bachkata, Zainab Má, Khawla Lasfar, Kaghat Malak, Houda Quali Sabriv, Zineb EL Ouardi.

   

The #REBirth : FITW EVENTS

"FITW EVENTS" stands for From I to W blog's Events section which is one of the most promising sections from the blog's new features for the #REBirth.
"FITW EVENTS" is both a mixture of REVIEWS and RATINGS (X/5 Stars) of events where the FITW team will be present. The events that we target are one of a kind events in Morocco (ONLY). They may have a certain place in the industry, but we want to make sure that you'll get to know what happens BACKSTAGE, and how the staff manages to make of the event a success.

The #REBirth : "FITW ART"

"FITW ART" stands for From I to W blog's Art section which is one of the new sections we've added for the new concept of the blog.

"FITW ART" is the place where artists can inspire and get inspired from other artists. 

The section is a mixture of articles about ART in general, dedications to young artists and a support for new people in the industry.

We'll set up a weekly pseudo-program in which talented young artists can make their voice heard and go live on the net. We will put online an application that you can fill and we'll choose each week the best submission.

When we say ART, we mean ALL SEVEN ARTS + PHOTOGRAPHY and COMICS.

Stay tuned for more information on Facebook by clicking HERE.

ENSAM Casablanca Goes ENACTUS

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Last week was a pure YELLOW week : The ENACTUS Week.

To celebrate the annual week, the Enactus team from ENSAM Casablanca showed a big motivation to turn the whole ENSAM Casablanca into THE most professional and diverse EnactusISH building EVER !
The team made up a full program that includes : Team Buildings, Games, Competitions, Quizzes

      "Enactus Youth" Program at Jaafar El Fassi High-School

, a permanent stand that will introduce people to the Enactus spirit. Another activity was a daily program (for the whole week) titled "ENACTUS YOUTH" that took place in many High-schools so that future-graduated students get to know more about Enactus and the entrepreneurial work in general.


The team has also showed a great potential at the organisation of a diversity of competitions and games that regroups many aspects including the known TV Quiz "Password", the singing TV Reality Show "The Voice", and finally a competition that needs a certain physical and intellectual knowledge which is known by the name of "The Treasure Hunt".


As the week gets to its end, the Enactus ENSAM Casablanca Team decided to celebrate this year's hard work and to get ready for the next step by making an Enactus themed party where the Team Leader congratulated every single member of the team and rewarded the members who worked hard along the year. 


ENACTUS ENSAM Casablanca received soooo many dedications from the WHOLE WORLD including the U.S, U.K, Fance, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Korea, Bulgaria, Russia, Tunisia, India, Germany and other countries.
The team made a video collage of the dedications and uploaded it online.
If the video bellow doesn't work, click HERE to watch the collage video.

      
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