Marrakech – IZZA Associate Artists Programme has unveiled Mechanics of Belief, a new exhibition featuring Moroccan artists Faïçal Adali and Yassine Chraibi, on view from November 8 to December 8, at IZZA House of Friends in Marrakech.
Curated by Aicha Benazzouz and Natasha Cox, the show brings together newly commissioned works that question how systems of belief, power, and identity are constructed and sustained.
Though distinct in visual language, both artists use diverse media, from painting and sculpture to film and participatory installations, to invite viewers into an intimate reflection on the mechanisms that shape their realities.
For Yassine Chraibi, Mechanics of Belief continues a long-standing inquiry into human ambition and control. His installation Distributor of Witnesses (2025) turns observation into participation: what begins as a playful gesture of dropping a coin becomes a ritual that exposes how belief can be manufactured and consumed.
“The piece began with a reflection on how humans exploit matter, then by extending the idea that humans are also matter,” Chraibi explained in a press release shared with MWN Lifestyle,
His participatory series Fill the Missing Part 1–5 (2025) furthers this exploration, allowing invited collaborators to complete his works, while his Untitled (2025) series of suspended busts evokes Moroccan ritual and quiet observation within IZZA’s meditative setting.
Faïçal Adali draws inspiration from the streets of Casablanca, where decorated trucks transform into mobile expressions of identity.
His vibrant visual vocabulary; slogans, motifs, and pop culture symbols like “No Fear” or Nike emblems, becomes a portrait of Morocco’s urban creativity.
“These symbols are not chosen at random,” Adali said. “They reflect a mindset or a passion the driver wishes to project.”
His video piece Modern Symbols (2025) captures the artistry behind these trucks, while Live the Idea (2025) integrates the Arabic phrase Ta’ish al-fikra (Ideas live), meaning “Long live the idea,” as a mantra of endurance and imagination, a celebration of how creativity thrives in everyday life.
Together, Adali and Chraibi expose belief as a living mechanism, one sustained through repetition, desire, and collective imagination.
