As part of his project “Fusional Illuminations” which he begins in December 2023 in Morocco, the artist Fred Chemama offers, at the invitation of the contemporary art space Moukhtab’Art in Rabat, a multimedia performance at the with the help of his protean project “Fōz machine”.
A first meeting evening as a “taste” of Fred Chemama’s residency at Moukhtab’Art (which will take place at the end of November/beginning of December) and which will launch several highlights of the artist in Morocco in 2024.
Fred Chemama (Fr/Be)
“Photographer, videographer, and multimedia artist, Fred Chemama, also known as 眯腊 (mira), is a multidisciplinary artist who studied audiovisual production at ESRA Maroc and photography in France. He currently lives and works between Belgium, France, and his travels that lead him to encounter other artists and cultural institutions across Europe and beyond.
In the final year of his academic journey, he traveled to Mexico to create a series of underwater portraits of fishermen from the state of Oaxaca, using a reportage camera and an original waterproof casing. These portraits are now immersed in luminous casings where they decompose underwater, a process ongoing for several years. Over time, he has undertaken several long-exposure self-portrait projects.
Action, encounters, and a self-reflective approach towards capturing imagery from reality lie at the core of his artistic pursuit. This has led him to occasionally adopt an iconoclastic stance and create transient on-site installations using discarded ink ribbons sourced from souvenir photo booths.
Preconceived actions carried out collectively and the exploration of diverse processes in producing images “drawn from reality” stand as focal points of his initial approach, already casting doubt on the authority of photographic imagery as an informational conduit and instead, transforming it into what he truly feels: a pretext for the poetic gathering of individuals.
Today, 眯腊 continues to engage in experiments at the intersection of photography, video, and digital arts; exploring the realms of the body, light, movement, situation, and place within an approach connected to bodily action.
His recent projects of interactive installations (“cyclo-kino,” the “Gestographer,” the “Fōz machine”…) blend disciplines, mediums, and transcend them into playful and intriguing devices.”
Informations
- 21.10.2023 | 19:00
- Moukhtab’Art
- 6 rue Benghazi hassan 10000 Rabat, Maroc
- facebook.com/Moukhtabart
Production
- Moukhtab’Art
- With the support of Transcultures, the European Creation Nurseries, the WBI
- The “Fōz machine” was produced with the support of Transcultures and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (digital arts
