Is street art in Morocco a continuation of public entertainment in the public sphere or a new youth philosophy? Casablanca as an example

Abstract

Our research topic was chosen as follows: The first signs began with a research project to obtain a bachelor's degree in 2015, which was about street art and its role in social change. It was the beginning of a student's academic journey at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Mohammedia. It sparked a curiosity about street art and its relationship with the audience and public spaces, raising questions about the history of street performances in Morocco. Furthermore, I had the opportunity to engage with various artistic experiences in the street, including street theater, acrobatics, graffiti artists, and street circus performers in the city of Casablanca.

What prompted me as a researcher today to shed light on the topic of street art in Morocco: continuity of public viewing as a cultural heritage in the public sphere or a new youth philosophy? Casablanca as a model? This societal phenomenon has silently made its presence and evolution felt in Moroccan society in its various diverse forms over the past twenty years. This youth artistic phenomenon presents a new cultural and artistic project, through an intimacy that connects with people's concerns and daily interests, and reaches out to their locations after once being merely a theatrical and entertainment phenomenon, detached from the social entity, as if confined to the walls of exhibition halls.