Episodes

  • Halima Imane Zoubai on Landscapes, Ecology and Moroccan art scene

    Halima Imane Zoubai on Landscapes, Ecology and Moroccan art scene
    Jun 3 2024
    Back in 2020 Halima Imane Zoubai gave an interesting artist talk as part of our 'Agar Red Gold' programme. She tells us about her work, and in particular a research project she worked on as translator and research assistant in El Jadida in 2019 on algae. We are so lucky to have her honest reflects on ecology, the Moroccan art scene and the ethics of art and research.

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    21 mins
  • Sophia Malik on Post-Colonial Decay and Low Carbon Materials in Karachi

    Sophia Malik on Post-Colonial Decay and Low Carbon Materials in Karachi
    Sep 29 2022

    Jessica El Mal chats with architect Sophia Malik on the violence of decaying colonial buildings as a form of violence, and how low carbon materials can be an act of repair for the buildings, society and the future of our planet. 


    This conversation was recorded as part of SUSTAIN Low Carbon Art Making Programme. Apologies for some sound issues throughout the conversation (connection is colonial lol).


    Sound design YaYa Alwany.


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    34 mins
  • Yasmine Benabdallah on Filmmaking, Memory and Ritual

    Yasmine Benabdallah on Filmmaking, Memory and Ritual
    Sep 29 2022

    Yasmine Benabdallah is a filmmaker, visual artist, and writer, born and raised in Morocco. She studied film and mathematics at Columbia University in New York, before moving to Paris to attend the Experimental Programme in Political Arts at Sciences Po (SPEAP) and is now a PhD candidate in the states.

    In her work, she explore stories around memory, performance, embodiment, diaspora, archives, rituals, and time travel.


    This is a recording from a closed zoom talk which Yasmine gave as part of the Red Gold online residency in 2021. Some parts, where she shows films or works in progresses, have been removed for copyright purposes.


    Sound design by Yaya Alwany and Patryk Krol.


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    28 mins
  • Artistic Interventions in this Wretched Earth

    Artistic Interventions in this Wretched Earth
    Sep 29 2022

    This seminar hosted by Dardishi (Glasgow) and moderated by Jessica El Mal, explores how artistic practices in Morocco are responding to ecological challenges with talks from Morocco-based practitioners; founder of ecological activist group Koun Aktif, Youssef Idrissi, and Achraf Remok, cultural mediator and curator.


    The episode features a short talk by each speaker followed by questions from the audience in zoom.


    Sound design by Yaya Alwany and Patryk Krol.


    This seminar was hosted as part of Red Gold Reflections, an online event series by Dardishi and A.MAL, funded by British Council Morocco, ACE and Creative Scotland.


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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Trailer

    Trailer
    Sep 29 2022
    A short sound piece created by Sabrina Mumtaz Hassan and Jessica El Mal using sounds from the first year of A.MAL Projects. Expect following episodes to be seminars and talks with artists and scientists on themes like ecology and globalisation, within the context of North Africa and the diaspora.

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    2 mins