AUTOROUTE: Tanger-Marseille

As part of the Mediterranean Season and the celebration of its 10th anniversary, Think Tanger
presents Autoroute: Tangier–Marseille, a collective exhibition bringing together artists and collectives from both sides of the Mediterranean.

A research-creation project, Autoroute Tangier–Marseille explores ways of inhabiting and narrating the territory between the two cities. The exhibition brings together stories, images, and sensitive forms emerging from investigations conducted in Tangier and Marseille, composing a shared space made of crossings and fragments.

For its presentation in Marseille, the exhibition transforms the gallery into a temporary territory: a space beyond maps, born from encounters, journeys, and research carried out across the Mediterranean. Inspired by the notion of the “third landscape” developed by Gilles Clément, the exhibition unfolds within margins — unstable and open zones where other narratives and other ways of inhabiting passage can emerge.

Conceived as a rest stop along an imaginary highway, the exhibition proposes a space of suspension rather than arrival. The works — installations, videos, sound pieces, field investigations, and documentary forms — create a hybrid landscape where voices, gestures, and imaginaries intersect.

The opening on May 20 is part of a larger inaugural evening bringing together several exhibitions presented simultaneously at Friche la Belle de Mai, offering a collective highlight across the entire site.

This exhibition takes place during a special year for Think Tanger, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary through a program of residencies, workshops, and exhibitions.