by Geoffrey | Jul 23, 2024 | Alternative Spaces, Art, Artist, Bristol, Penzance, Rockaway Park, Street art, Urban
Images captured on 6th July 2024 portraying graffiti along the river Frome beneath the M32 and beside the skateboard park in Bristol. On previous visits to the M32 skateboard park, I have noticed that the river Frome flows in a valley...
by Geoff | Jul 4, 2023 | Art, Artist, Chefchaouen, Fes, Marabout, Medina, Morocco, Ouezzane, Sufi, Wazzan
This post describes a continued interest in the role and relevance of street art, on this occasion in Morocco. I have visited Morocco on at least 6 occasions over the last decade, and for an extended period of time rented a house in the medina in...
by Geoff | Feb 12, 2020 | Art, Artist, Essaouira, Gnaoua, Morocco
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by Geoff | Feb 11, 2020 | Aisha Qandisha, Art, Artist, Essaouira, Gnaoua, Juif, Mellah, Morocco, Street art
Filali Mostafa paints in a small studio in Jotiya, close to the surging waves of the Atlantic ocean. Sourounded by the detritis of a flea market, his paintings of ordered simplicity and detail could not be further away from the unmitigated chaos of the landscape...
by Geoff | Jan 31, 2020 | Artist, Gnaoua, Morocco, Music, Northern Africa, Zaouia
In 2016 I wrote an article called The Sacred and the Profane, describing the two forms of Gnaoua music ( see http://sannyassa.co.uk/sacred-profane-gnaoua-world-music-festival-essaouira-2016/ ). In that article I identified the paradox that lay ahead for the Gnaouia; ...
by Geoff | Dec 18, 2019 | Artist, Essaouira, Morocco, Street art
Disparate images from the vicinity of the harbour in Essaouira Share this: Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram...
