The Classroom - Hicham Benohoud Stiff French fold glossy wrappers

Stiff French fold glossy wrappers

This issue has contributions from Merlin Carpenter

an array of her artworks and hand-written ephemera

along rivers and A-roads

putting forth a profound act of negation

The Classroom - Hicham Benohoud Stiff French fold glossy wrappersFrustrated by Moroccos rigid educational system of the 1990s, art teacher Hicham Benohoud used photography as a pedagogical tool, creating a makeshift darkroom in his classroom to foster collaborative and hands on learning, encouraging students to engage with creativity and identity. The resulting images created with his students are marked by tension and alienation, blending absurdity, humour, and unease in their exquisitely framed and obliquely