WITH MORIS DIME, TOMORROW IS NOW!
- Manveer Ramdhian
- May 6, 2017
- 4 min read
Launch of the famous digital time capsule at Caudan.
Moris Dime is young, but is - since its launch - instantly present at the heart of citizen conversations on the Mauritius of tomorrow. A good sign! This major artistic and social project - launched on 29 October 2016 in Mauritius and sponsored by the President of the Republic of Mauritius Ameenah Gurib-Fakim - is multiplying cultural activities. Before their participation in our Dreamers 4 event (Friday, May 12th at the Sensimar Lagoon Mauritius), Le Lab returns with its co-founder, the Mauritian Axel Ruhomaully, on the past and future initiatives of this ambitious and exciting project for Mauritius .
What is Moris Dime? "We want to invite the population of Mauritius to be as much actor as spectator and to engage them throughout the national territory for 1 year around artistic approaches" explains Axel Ruhomaully. Participatory project and citizen initiated by the agency Meta-Morphosis (Franck Depaifve and Axel Ruhomaully) and in the framework of the 25 years of the Republic and the 50 years of Independence of Mauritius, Moris Dime (ie Maurice Demain in French) planned Of the artistic events between October 2016 and March 2018. Various events around Street Art, photography, sculpture, music, ... concretized by artistic performances mixing artists (Mauritians and foreigners) and participation of the general public.
Moris Dime why? "The goal of Moris Dime is to preserve and enhance the memory of the heritage of know-how, trades and our environment, as well as to create a collaborative experience through Art," says its founder. In the end, will Moris Dimé, through his initiatives, develop Mauritian citizenship and engage him in sustainable ways?
Moris Dime did what? Since the announcement of the creation of Moris Dime live on the MBC on October 29, 2016 (500 days before the 50th anniversary of Independence of Mauritius), and since the official launch evening at Cannon Beachcomber in Pointe aux Canonniers on 17 November 2016, a lot happened. French personalities Diego Buñuel, star of the small screen and the world of travel since the launch of the New Explorers on Canal + and grandson of the famous director Luis Buñuel, was present in Mauritius from 10 to 22 December to support the Moris project Dimé, with the aim of making it spread abroad. On the artistic side, serious things began on February 17, 2017 with the launch of a "digital time capsule", an itinerant container for an exciting citizen project whose ambassador is the young star Mauritian Jane "The Voice" Constance. "The container, transformed into a recording studio and inside the Mauritian salon, will tour the island and Rodrigues. The younger generation will have the opportunity to leave a 30-second message about their future Mauritian dream. All these messages will then be encapsulated in a jewel and will be revealed in ... 25 years! "Explains Axel Ruhomaully. The capsule is currently calling, until May 21, in Tamarin.
April 1, 2017 Moris Dime launched SAT (Street Art Together), a recurring street art event sponsored by Mauritian artist Gael Froget, which aims to color the walls of the capital Port Louis with the help of the general public. After the magnificent walls of the Porlwi by Light festival, the Mauritian capital attracts - and it is good - more and more urban art. Street Art's big names are announced over a year (read later) and a book of all the Street Art works produced in 2017 by Moris Dime will be published in 2018. Stroll to Caudan, you can already see the impact Of the SAT.
And tomorrow ? Moris Dimé announces the arrival of internationally renowned street artist by December 2017: Alice Pasquini (Italy), Vincent Abadie Hafez (France), YZ Yseult (France) and Pixel Pancho (Italy) Famous street artist invited by Porlwi by Light - realize a sustainable work on the walls of the capital. As for photography, Axel Ruhomaully being himself professional photographer, contacts are not lacking. A great name is involved in a project on the Mauritians to water report: the French Franck Vogel, famous for his reports on water around the world, has already spent 10 days last February for tracking Grand-Bassin, Roches-Noires, Île aux Aigrettes, Salines, Tamarin and Alexandra Falls before returning in 2017 for the first photographic shots. The idea? Make the Mauritians aware of the environment and waste. It is in 2018 that his work will be unveiled through a traveling exhibition on the island and the publication of a photographic work. Sure that the artistic and social impact will go beyond the borders of Mauritius. This makes some positive initiatives for Mauritius ... and there will be others!
Moris Dime est invité par La Isla Social Club à l'événement Dreamers 4, pour partager et échanger avec le public présent sur ces initiatives artistiques. Dreamers 4 c'est vendredi 12 mai de 17h à 22h au Sensimar Lagoon Mauritus à Anse la Raie.
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