Fez — The French Institute of Fez hosted on Friday the vernissage of “Ecrans d’Art” (“Screens of Art”), an exhibition dedicated to the latest creative cycle of Moroccan visual artist Samir Lyoubi.
Presented at the Institute’s new venue, the exhibition marks a significant shift in Lyoubi’s practice, which is centered on the unconventional use of reclaimed television screens as full-fledged artistic supports.
Moving away from traditional canvas and paper, the self-taught artist now works directly on recycled plasma screens, treating their once-luminous surfaces as spaces for renewed visual exploration.
From moving image to fixed memory
Lyoubi adopts an approach that is both ecological and experimental in his most recent series. Rather than simply recycling materials, he reinvests discarded technological objects with new artistic purpose. The black surfaces of former television screens, once saturated with moving images, become territories of emergence where luminous forms appear against darkness.
Using adhesives and pictorial materials applied directly onto the screens, the artist constructs fixed compositions that contrast with the screen’s original function as a medium of motion. The result is a visual dialogue between absence and presence, color and void, silence and memory.
According to Lyoubi, this method seeks to offer a second life to obsolete objects while challenging viewers to reconsider their relationship with images and artistic support.
“Screens of Art” will remain on display at the mediatheque of the French Institute of Fez until March 31.
