Rabat, morocco 2014

The installation I created during a three week residency in Morocco charts the migration of people back and forth between Africa and Europe during my residency stay.  I printed an airplane on the roof tiles one for each flight, going north to Europe and one for each plane going south to Africa that I counted in the sky overhead during my residency. I was charting the migration between Africa and Europe that has been going on for many years. My installation is a snap shot in time of this migration. It was delightful to work in a roof top studio during my residency.

Highlights of the residency included connecting with printmakers from the Atelier Observatoire Baouskour Maroc and a visit to the Ville des arts in Casablanca, meeting several local and international artists at the artist run centres Le Cube and L’apartement 22. I took the local train with several local Moroccan artists to the Marrakech Biennale in Marrakech. I was especially interesting in the work of artists from many parts of Africa that I was unfamiliar with.