Yassine Ben Abdallah (1994) is a designer living between La Réunion and the Netherlands. His practice explores stories of insular heritages and cultural identities in a post-colonial context.
Yassine Ben Abdallah, ongoing research at the Cirva, alongside Lucie de Bodinat, 2024.
Photo © Cirva / Bérangère Huguet
Yassine Ben Abdallah, Vase Pile Plate, 2023–2024, production / realisation Cirva, Marseille.
© Yassine Ben Abdallah, photo © Cirva / Bérangère Huguet
— Pile Plate, 2023–2024
— Vase Pile Plate, 2024
2024
— À l’ombre de l’Empire, villa Noailles, Hyères, France, June 28–September 1st septembre
A libation for the Indian Ocean
Since its departmentalization in 1946, La Réunion has turned away from the Indian Ocean to become a mere periphery of metropolitan France. Yet the roots of Creole civilization run deep in Indian Ocean waters. This marine space, guardian of a polyphonic memory, embodies both a rich civilizational crossroads and the disastrous imprint of the slave trade. During my residency at Cirva, I explore the intimate relationship between glass and the ocean. Objects take shape, like water vessels telling new stories. From these new narratives emerge the possibility of making an archipelago, like an invitation to a sea of islands.
🌍 Yassine Ben Abdallah
🎧 Incalmo #6 — Yassine Ben Abdallah, mai 2024, a radio programme presented by Duuu radio at Cirva