Barwita is a word from the Arabic spoken in North Africa, derived from the French brouette (wheelbarrow) and arabised during colonial history. The work unfolds like a mobile installation: a wheelbarrow loaded with objects-signs and assembled materials, like a fragmented narrative put into circulation.
With this project, Badi Rezzak, a Brussels-based artist of Algerian origin, transforms the wheelbarrow into a political sculpture, an unstable pedestal and a tool for displacement. Between reclamation, transformation and reuse, Barwita opens up an archive of subaltern labour posing a direct question: who creates value, who names it, and who continues to push the barwita?
For this first presentation, the artist chose the public space, a stone's throw from the Marolles flea market. The opening of Barwita takes place on Sunday the 8th of February from 11 AM to 2 PM, right in front of Boutique M.G., Rue du Chevreuil 9, 1000 Brussels.
Read more about the artist here.
An artistic installation by Badi Rezzak
Production: Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre
Supported by: FWB visual arts, VGC
Special thanks to: Ichraf Nasri, Estelle Lecaille, Axel Korban, Werner Musenbrock (TheWorkshop)
Technical Artist 3D image: Axel Korban
Text: Ichraf Nasri, artist-researcher / curator
Barwita is a word from the Arabic spoken in North Africa, derived from the French brouette (wheelbarrow) and arabised during colonial history. The work unfolds like a mobile installation: a wheelbarrow loaded with objects-signs and assembled materials, like a fragmented narrative put into circulation.
With this project, Badi Rezzak, a Brussels-based artist of Algerian origin, transforms the wheelbarrow into a political sculpture, an unstable pedestal and a tool for displacement. Between reclamation, transformation and reuse, Barwita opens up an archive of subaltern labour posing a direct question: who creates value, who names it, and who continues to push the barwita?
For this first presentation, the artist chose the public space, a stone's throw from the Marolles flea market. The opening of Barwita takes place on Sunday the 8th of February from 11 AM to 2 PM, right in front of Boutique M.G., Rue du Chevreuil 9, 1000 Brussels.
Read more about the artist here.
