Hicham Benohoud – The Classroom _alt_Jean-Vincent Simonet – Of Voices And Herbs evoking both the allure and

evoking both the allure and emptiness of their commercial existence

tracing the material's path of inevitable decay

Michael Schmidt

from the topographic to the anthropocentric

Hicham Benohoud – The Classroom _alt_Jean-Vincent Simonet – Of Voices And Herbs evoking both the allure andThe Classroom explores control and discipline within post colonial Moroccan identity through staged, uncanny classroom images created between 1994 and 2002. Frustrated 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