21 – 22 March 2026
This partial retrospective brings together the multimedia work of interdisciplinary, Rabat-born, New-York based artist, Meriem Bennani.
Spanning work from the past decade in which the human and non-human continuously interact and coalesce, the programme traces the trajectory of an artist in the lead up to their latest and most personal filmic work, Bouchra. Laced with mischief and cyber aesthetics, the works facilitate an encounter with the distinct cityscapes and animated experiments that would inform Bouchra, as well as more incidental insights into Benanni’s work, such as her sculptural artistry and the student film of long-term collaborator and Bouchra co-director Orian Barki. In doing so, we tour multiple iterations of Bennani’s layered, gameified and sonically heightened renderings, often entering the intimacy of homosocial and familial spaces. A consistently playful body of work, Bennani’s filmography reimagines, embellishes, caricatures and superimposes the artist’s surroundings, exploring not just the malleability of worlds but that of the bodies which inhabit them.
Curated by Myriam Mouflih and Abiba Coulibaly.
This partial retrospective brings together the multimedia work of interdisciplinary, Rabat-born, New-York based artist, Meriem Bennani.
Spanning work from the past decade in which the human and non-human continuously interact and coalesce, the programme traces the trajectory of an artist in the lead up to their latest and most personal filmic work, Bouchra. Laced with mischief and cyber aesthetics, the works facilitate an encounter with the distinct cityscapes and animated experiments that would inform Bouchra, as well as more incidental insights into Benanni’s work, such as her sculptural artistry and the student film of long-term collaborator and Bouchra co-director Orian Barki. In doing so, we tour multiple iterations of Bennani’s layered, gameified and sonically heightened renderings, often entering the intimacy of homosocial and familial spaces. A consistently playful body of work, Bennani’s filmography reimagines, embellishes, caricatures and superimposes the artist’s surroundings, exploring not just the malleability of worlds but that of the bodies which inhabit them.
Curated by Myriam Mouflih and Abiba Coulibaly.
Programme
Saturday 21 March, 8.40pm
Programme 1
Before their most recent collaboration on Bouchra, Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s film 2 Lizards was an early COVID lockdown phenomenon. Using their collaboration as a starting point, this programme weaves threads of both of their practices together to find a shared language that reflects the world around them.
Sunday 22 March, 12pm
Programme 2 + Q&A
This programme spans the breadth of Bennani’s practice, using three touchstone works from distinct periods of her practice. The screening will be contextualised by a post-film Q&A where Bennani will reflect on the evolution of her practice and the urgencies that motivate her as an artist making work today.
Saturday 21 March, 8.40pm
Programme 1
Before their most recent collaboration on Bouchra, Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s film 2 Lizards was an early COVID lockdown phenomenon. Using their collaboration as a starting point, this programme weaves threads of both of their practices together to find a shared language that reflects the world around them.
Sunday 22 March, 12pm
Programme 2 + Q&A
This programme spans the breadth of Bennani’s practice, using three touchstone works from distinct periods of her practice. The screening will be contextualised by a post-film Q&A where Bennani will reflect on the evolution of her practice and the urgencies that motivate her as an artist making work today.
no. 236848.