Bienalsur stops in Morocco with photographs of Latin American artists

Rabat, Oct 3 (EFE).- The International Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South (Bienalsur), promoted by Argentina and which takes place in at least 70 cities around the world, opened this Tuesday at the Museum of Photography in Rabat with photographs by 17 Latin American and Moroccan artists.

The exhibition exhibits photographs and videos of artists from Morocco, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia who express in their images, with crossed views, the diversity of contemporary reality and address topics such as memory, origin, family , space, history, identity, past and present.

The curator of the Rabat Museum of Photography, Soufiane Rahoui, told EFE that the objective of this exhibition is "to present to the public common visions about space and time through photography."

For her part, the artistic director of the exhibition, Diana Weichsler, noted that the photographs on display invite viewers to "think about diversity" and "find close proximities and points of view."

"At Bienalsur, we are interested in building a cartography that is dispersed across the five continents," she explained to EFE.

Infinity is one of the themes that unite the African and Latin American continents and is reflected in the works of Moroccan and Argentine photographers, for example in this exhibition, Weichsler stressed.

The exhibition "offers some clues to think together about territories, histories and cultures that are apparently separate but that share the same existence that is contemporary," she noted.

Among the photographs on display, three photographers - the Colombian Oscar Muñoz, the Argentine Hugo Aveta and the Moroccan Amine El Gotaibi - also exhibit videos that contributed, according to Weichsler, to "dynamizing" the photographic image.

Organized by the Tres de Febrero University of Argentina, the Bienalsur has also been inaugurated in other African and European capitals, which in total will cover more than 70 cities representing 28 countries. EFE