About this event
MACAAL in Marrakech presents “Statues Also Breathe” through 8 January 2027, a collaborative installation dedicated to the Chibok schoolgirls who remain missing. Initiated by artists Prune Nourry and Adé Bantu with Catharsis Arts Foundation, the project brought together Obafemi-Awolowo University and 108 students from across Nigeria.
The installation consists of 108 terracotta portraits inspired by 15th-century Ife heads. Based on photographs entrusted by the girls’ families, the sculptures form an indivisible body of work connecting memory, art history, disappearance and the refusal to forget. A documentary tracing the creation of the project is also screened at the museum.
International visitors can explore the MACAAL guide, the Marrakech cultural guide and more arts and culture events in Morocco.
Official source: MACAAL.
The installation consists of 108 terracotta portraits inspired by 15th-century Ife heads. Based on photographs entrusted by the girls’ families, the sculptures form an indivisible body of work connecting memory, art history, disappearance and the refusal to forget. A documentary tracing the creation of the project is also screened at the museum.
International visitors can explore the MACAAL guide, the Marrakech cultural guide and more arts and culture events in Morocco.
Official source: MACAAL.
