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Djerbahood
In 2014, Mehdi Ben Cheikh, founder of the gallery, offered the inhabitants of Erriadh, located in the heart of the island of Djerba, an extraordinary experience: turning their village into an open-air street art museum. A total and collective work of art anchored in its environment to enhance it.
After the success experienced in 2014, Djerbahood returns in 2022.
As part of the Tounes Wijhetouna program funded by the European Union, with the support of the Tunisian Ministry of Tourism and Crafts and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Djerbahood has new ambitions. Artistic experimentation becomes a lasting project and a vector for preserving the island's thousand-year-old heritage. In 2022, around fifty artists will have traveled to Djerba to participate in this new edition of Djerbahood. After Swoon, Inti, Tinho, ElSeed, Addfuel, Ardif, David de la Mano and AlexisDiaz – among others – Shepard Fairey joined the adventure in April 2022 with three monumental works transferred voluntarily before being screen-printed by hand.
(Eng) In 2014, Mehdi Ben Cheikh, founder of the gallery, offered the in inhabitants of Erriadh, located in the heart of the island of Djerba, an extraordinary experience: turning their village into an open-air museum. A complete and collective work of art that uses its environment to sublimate the works. After its success, Djerbahood is returning in 2022 with new objectives in the scope of the Tounes Wijhetouna program. The project is funded by the European Union with the support of the Tunisian Ministry of Tourism and Artisan crafts and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. This artistic initiative has become a permanent project and a means to preserve the island's thousand-year-old heritage.
The village
Since 2014, the village of Erriadh has been home to Djerbahood, a true open-air museum, it is an authentic place occupied by artists from all over the world. A unique artistic and human project at the origin of the restoration of the architectural heritage of Erriadh, a source of committed and sustainable tourism.
Artistic experimentation becomes a lasting project and a vector for preserving the island's thousand-year-old heritage. The facades of the houchs – the patio houses, the most common in Djerba – chosen to house the works are restored while respecting local know-how and materials. Diagnoses, treatments, cleaning and restoration of surfaces are carried out before the arrival of the artists. The architectural heritage of Erriadh, shaped by a Jewish and Muslim cultural heritage of more than 2000 years, is coming back to life.
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