AFRICA - Louisa Babari

Louisa Babari takes over the [mac] musée d'art contemporain with works inspired by Antiquity and by Berber and Numidian cultures, created specially by the artist for the exhibition.

Titled AFRICA, in reference to the Berber goddess and the history of the continent, it offers an immersive experience combining photographic works, visual and sound art, which calls up an ancient bestiary to shape a world in dialogue with the collections of the Musées de Marseille.

In partnership with the Passages contemporary art centre (Troyes)

Exhibition labelled "Saison Méditerranée", cultural season of the Institut français.

Exhibition labelled Bicentenaire de la Photographie by the Ministry of Culture.

► Echoing this exhibition, Louisa Babari will present from September 2026 at the [mac] musée d'art contemporain, the Centre de la Vieille Charité, the musée Cantini and the Centre international de poésie Marseille a new form of the sound project Voix Publiques. Designed to be deployed in public space, Voix publiques revives a tradition of popular poetic broadcasting and pays tribute to Algerian and African poetry. Through recordings of poets, lyric artists, visual artists, actors or amateurs, Louisa Babari celebrates the diversity of voices and writings of the continent and of the diaspora.

Vent lointain (25’) (2026)

Electroacoustic music composition by Mélanie Gentilhomme, Giz Médium, Vincent Malevolti, Louis Haon, Léa Fontanié, Claire Reinwalt, Jessy Dulheuer and Jean-Luc Gergonne. Conservatoire Pierre Barbizet de Marseille - an establishment of Campus art Méditerranée.

Labels d'Arles et Bicentenaire photo

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