Agadir, 2018-Barbican Centre

Agadir, 2018

For this commission presented at the Barbican Art Gallery, Yto Barrada took as her starting point the hybrid novel-play by Moroccan writer Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine - Agadir (1967) - which reflects on the devastating earthquake that destroyed much of the modernist city of Agadir, Morocco, in 1960. Weaving together personal narratives and political ideals, Barrada presented a complex portrait of a city in transition, resonating with many of the challenges we face in contemporary society.