The project `Once Upon A Time` is about the disappearing tradition of the storytellers of Jemaa el Fna (Marrakech/Morocco), who used to travel ,storytelling, from town to town. Later on they also enriched us telling the stories of 1001 nights.
Storytellers grow old and die and not many young people are interested in taking over the tradition. Besides that, nowadays there are other forms of newsgathering like tv,internet, facebook etc.
In the project I combine this old disappearing tradition with the world of today.
A rich source for inspiration for the project was the book ´The Last Storytellers´ by David Hamilton. (Quote from Hamilton: ‘ storytellers providing a window on the world, like an early form of newsmedia’)
The project consists of 5 photoprints, 167 x 200 cm each.
Each print has its origine in a mixed media work on canvas.
The work was made for and shown at the Biennale of Marrakech 2016
“Birth of The Sahara”
“Untitled”
“Jusqu'a La Fin”
“1001 Extractions”
“Going Viral”
