The 3rd Edition of the AiM International Biennale 2009 directed by Vanessa Branson and coordinated by Clare Azzougarh was launched in November 2009. The main Visual Arts Exhibition, "A Proposal for Articulating Works and Places" was curated by Abdellah Karroum and held in the Palais Bahia. The Exhibition premiered works by Francis Alys, Yto Barrada, Lordana Longo and Batoul S'Himi amongst many others. Other Events included Julien Fisera and Laurent P. Berger Directing the Stories of Order and Dissorder which placed storytellers in taxis around the city; a Sketch Gallery London Curated by Victoria Brooks, Giles Round and Mark Ariel Waller bought their project 'Taverna Especial to an ancient Riad in the Medina. Attendees also include Turner-nominee Isaac Julien, BBC TV arts executive Alan Yentob and Moroccan film director Faouzi Bensaidi, actress Kim Cattrall and artist and film-maker Julian Schnabel, who took part in many different, discussions and debates at venues including ESAV film school, El Fenn and Ksour Agafay.
Participants
Adel Abdessemed, Bani Abidi, Yassin Adnan, Mark Aerial-Waller, Sofia Aguiar, Mustapha Akrim, Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, Francis Alys, Noureddine Amir, Alice Anderson, Younes Baba-Ali, Raffaella Barker, Yto Barada, Marie-Louise Belarbi, Faouzi Bensaidi, Rachid Benzine, Laurent P. Berger, Omar Berrada, Katrine Boorman, John Boorman, Franck Bragigand, Victoria Brooks, Francois Bucher, Kim Cattrall, Chto delat, Tomas Colaco, Stuart Comer, Claudia Cristovao, Shezad Dawood, Sana El Aji, Ahmed El Maanouni, Nina Esber, Charles Esche, Patricia Esquivias, Hamid Fardjad, Seamus Farrell, Eric Fellner, James Fenton, Julien Fisera, Pedro Gomez-Egana, Joana Hadjithomas, Leila Hafyane, Sally Hampson, Marius Hansen, John Hillcoat, Chourouk Hriech, Fadwa Islah, Isaac Julien, Abdellah Karroum, Bouchra Khalili, Hassan Khan, Jooyoung Lee, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Loredana Longo, Bernard Marcade, James Marsh, Mourad Mazouz, Vincent Melilli, Danny Moynihan, Mark Nash, Heidi Nikolaisen, Otobong Nkanga, Kristina Norman, Andrew O'Hagan, Eleanor O'Keeffe, Bouchra Ouezgane, Catherine Poncin, Pere Portabella, Alexandra Pringle, Younes Rahmoun, Jose Roca, Giles Round, Rasha Salti, Jerome Schlomoff, Julian Schnabel, Wael Shawky, Hardeep Singh-Kohli, Kathryn Smith, Ahdaf Soueif, Anna Steiger, Anne Szefer Karlsen, Abdellah Taïa, Naoko Takahashi, Barbara Trapido, Justine Triet, DJ U-Cef, Nontsikelelo Veleko, John Walsh, James Webb, Alan Yentob, Hisham Zaman, John Zarobell.
