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The Ball of Ogresses
Show · Friday, September 25 · 12:00 · Paris
Institut des Cultures d'Islam (ICI), 19 rue Léon
Free
Ogresse, goddess, Moroccan, Canaanite, djinn, marabout, seductive, monstrous, feminine, animal… Aïcha Kandisha is all this and more. On the occasion of the Mediterranean Season led by l’Institut français, the ICI team continues its collaboration with invited curator Sonia Recasens – started in 2024 with L’esprit du geste, the inaugural exhibition of renovated spaces at ICI Léon. She accompanies this new project, which starts from the legends surrounding Aïcha Kandisha, to explore the many figures of witch-women that populate im…
