About this event
As part of the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the Institut français in Fès presents Siham Tahri’s exhibition “Women Under the Grip of Codes” from November 27 to December 26, 2026. The opening takes place on Friday, November 27 at 7:00 pm.
The exhibition offers an engaged reflection on violence against women and on the social, cultural and legal mechanisms that help reproduce it. Developed within the broader project “The World Under the Grip of Codes”, the work uses the QR code simultaneously as a visual material, an interactive device and a metaphor for the norms that shape individual lives.
By combining painting, contemporary art and digital interaction, Siham Tahri examines both visible and invisible forms of control affecting women. The QR code becomes a way of reading society: behind its neutral technological appearance lie rules, prescriptions, prohibitions and systems of classification that influence behaviour.
The exhibition particularly invites younger audiences to reflect on women’s rights, equality, gender-based violence and the ways social norms are produced and transmitted. It therefore sits at the intersection of contemporary art, civic engagement and digital innovation.
The project accompanies the international 16 Days of Activism campaign, an annual initiative mobilising institutions and civil society to prevent violence against women and girls and promote equality and human rights.
The exhibition offers an engaged reflection on violence against women and on the social, cultural and legal mechanisms that help reproduce it. Developed within the broader project “The World Under the Grip of Codes”, the work uses the QR code simultaneously as a visual material, an interactive device and a metaphor for the norms that shape individual lives.
By combining painting, contemporary art and digital interaction, Siham Tahri examines both visible and invisible forms of control affecting women. The QR code becomes a way of reading society: behind its neutral technological appearance lie rules, prescriptions, prohibitions and systems of classification that influence behaviour.
The exhibition particularly invites younger audiences to reflect on women’s rights, equality, gender-based violence and the ways social norms are produced and transmitted. It therefore sits at the intersection of contemporary art, civic engagement and digital innovation.
The project accompanies the international 16 Days of Activism campaign, an annual initiative mobilising institutions and civil society to prevent violence against women and girls and promote equality and human rights.
