— Birthing the Impossible —
This edition of the Casablanca International Biennale of Contemporary Art, titled Birthing the Impossible, draws on a profound reflection by the philosopher Hannah Arendt:
“It is in the nature of beginnings that something new emerges which could not be expected from what came before. (…) The new thus always appears in the guise of a miracle. That man is capable of action means that the unexpected can be expected from him, that he is able to perform what is infinitely improbable. And this again is possible only because every man is unique, so that with each birth something uniquely new comes into the world.”
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In a global landscape defined by instability and the multiplication of systemic crises, we question the potential of art as a generative force—of resilience, of reinvention. Might artists, by traversing the fragilities of our time, produce gestures that are not only responses to contemporary disarray but radical affirmations of what seemed impossible?
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Gathering artists from diverse geographies and trajectories, this Biennale operates as a translocal site of encounter—between the local and the planetary, the urgent present and the imagined future. Each work, emerging from this dialogical and speculative terrain, bears witness to what Arendt evokes as the miracle of human action: the promise of the new.
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Can we imagine birth—as metaphor and act—as a form of resistance against the exclusions, vulnerabilities, and fears that structure our world? Can artistic propositions function as vectors of resilience, ecological consciousness, and social imagination—affirming that humanity remains capable of initiating what has yet to be thought?
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Dispersed across emblematic sites in the city of Casablanca, the exhibitions invite critical engagement with notions of innovation and endurance, while offering renewed perspectives on the role of art within a volatile and transforming society.
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Birthing the Impossible is not simply a thematic frame—it is a curatorial gesture, an invitation to stretch the limits of what can be conceived, perceived, and enacted. We hope that this Biennale will serve as a space for resonance and dialogue, and as a celebration of our collective capacity to imagine otherwise, to create anew in the face of uncertainty.
