IN THE EYES OF: SOFIANE BYARI - EP. 7

Discover Sofiane Byari in this new episode of our "In The Eyes Of" series, as he explores the dynamics of migration between Morocco and Spain through art and craft.

A multidisciplinary artist, Sofiane Byari uses his everyday environment as the raw material for his creations. Between recovery, transformation and misappropriation, he collects objects in the street, giving them a second life through hybrid sculptures and installations. His work moves away from conventional exhibition settings to take root in public spaces, where life is in full swing.

In Malaga, he welcomes us to his "zouia", his improvised temple. This space becomes the focal point of a project that questions migration and exchanges between the two shores of the Mediterranean. Using found materials, he builds a raft, a powerful symbol of the crossing, but also of movement in both directions. It's neither just a departure, nor just an arrival, but a possibility of going back and forth, an open dialogue between cultures and territories.

In his performative interventions, he invites passers-by to interact, to rethink the spaces they occupy, to become aware of the trajectories that run through them. His raft, more than a boat, is a metaphor: for art in motion, for an indestructible link between here and elsewhere, for a means of reinventing the way we inhabit the world.

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