Conceived and designed by Bouchra Salih, État d’Urgence d’Instants Poétiques* is a call to reconcile art and nature, to revisit creation outside the walls and to question the connection between the artwork, space and the audience. In this dynamic, the project temporarily transforms the Botanical Garden of Rabat into a space of creation in situ, a laboratory of inventiveness and fusion.

This third edition was carried out during the -confinement- and -de-confinement- with a number of artists: Khadija El Abyad, Othmane Bengebara, Brynony Dunne, Mohamed El Baz, Jumana Manna, Abdeljalil Saouli, Loutfi Souidi and Abdessamad El Montassir.

Given the circumstances and the current situation, the État d’Urgence d’Instants Poétiques takes place this year between two spaces: the Jardin d’Essais Botaniques de Rabat, its cradle, and Le Cube – independent art room.
While an exhibition with all the artists of this third edition is held at the Botanical Garden of Rabat from November 14 to 21, a current program is taking place inside Le Cube.

Therefore, with the complicity and support of participating artists, Le Cube – independent art room and partners, État d’Urgence d’Instants Poétiques moves between the outside and the inside, allowing a new adjustment for these times of pandemic and an extension of the collaboration with Le Cube.

Bouchra Salih
Director and founder of État d’Urgence d’Instants Poétiques

*English translation : the State of Emergency of Poetic Moments

État d’Urgence d’Instants Poétiques is a project designed and supported by Bouchra Salih.
This third edition is supported by the French Institute of Morocco, the French Institute, the Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle, the Goethe-Institut Marokko, the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Centre Cinématographique Marocain and Mahattat Radio.
État d’Urgence d’Instants Poétiques takes place in compliance with health recommendations and barrier gestures.

Documentation
Report of Etat d’Urgence d’Instants Poetiques 2020 by Bouchra Salih
Press review by Bouchra Salih