Per°Form Open Academy of Arts and Activations 2023 Presentation — The Black Sun of Renewal by Soukaina Aboulaoula

Synopsis

In this talk, Soukaina discusses her current research The Black Sun of Renewal, which takes as a point of departure Toni Maraini’s description of the trademark covers of journal Souffles from 1966 to 1969. Soukaina presents her line of investigation, which initially looked at the various narratives of modern art in Morocco through the developments of the Black Sun, and that is currently gravitating towards the question of how to think of a metaphor as a method of study.

About Soukaina Aboulaoula

An independent curator and researcher, Soukaina is a member of Archive Sites, a platform for publishing and cultural research, where she co-curates the program “Publishing Practices”. She was awarded the COARC/Mellon Fellowship in Art History in 2021. Most recently, she co-curated with Yvon Langué as Untitled Duo, “If A Tree Falls In A Forest” at the Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles (2022), a collective exhibition exploring topics of perception, representation and knowledge within photography in Africa. Soukaina is currently pursuing a Master of Research (MRes) in Advanced Practices at Goldsmiths, University of London.

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