French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) World Nomads Morocco Festival

World Nomads Morocco Festival, April 30–May 31

Under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI

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Past Editions
2008: Africa
2009: Haiti
2010: Lebanon
 

Installation
Untangling Threads:
Soundwalk & Kantara

Saturday, May 7, 2011
from 11am–7pm

StreetFest at the Festival of Ideas for the New City
Booth located at Rivington and Bowery

Co-presented with the Festival of Ideas for the New City

Free
 

Soundwalk teams up with Kantara to create an immersive audiovisual installation called Untangling Threads.

This installation recreates life among Moroccan women weavers, who have maintained the age-old craft of indigenous weaving in a country where men are primarily responsible for most artisanal production. The rugs that you will sit upon are covered with designs that have been passed down through generations and the recorded sounds you will hear are excerpts from the collective's specially-commissioned work The Passenger. Together, the rugs and sounds will transport the viewer from the streets of New York to the vibrant world of Morocco.

In English

 

Free and open
to the public

Venue
StreetFest at the
Festival of Ideas
for the New City
Booth located at Rivington and Bowery

Related Event

Soundwalk:
The Passenger

Monday, May 9 at 8:30pm
FIAF, Florence Gould Hall
Soundwalk's specially-commissioned piece, The Passenger, is an immersive audio-visual installation.

 

More Info

Co-presented with the Festival of Ideas for the New City

The World Nomads Morocco festival is made possible with the generous support of numerous partners, co-presenters, and sponsors. View full list here.

 
Brochure (pdf)
World Nomads Morocco Festival Brochure (pdf)
 

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