Latifa Echakhch, born in Morocco in 1974, studied at the art academies of Grenoble, Paris-Cergy, and Lyon. Now based in Switzerland, Eckakhch is concerned with the concept of culture as well as personal and collective memory in between the poles of of social and political debate. Her often installative works make use of a wide variety of materials, such as brick and raw earth, which she mixes with ink. Latifa Echakhch has realized the Swiss Pavilion at the 2022 Biennale Arte in Venice On Words is a collection of interviews with leading contemporary women artists. In conversation with Julie Enckell Julliard, Federica Martini, and Sarah Burkhalter, they speak about the sources from which they draw inspiration, themes in their work, and their view of the world. The series brings together a wide range of viewpoints and adds a new narrative to polyphonic art history as told by those who actively shape it.

Julie Enckell Julliard ist Kunsthistorikerin und Direktionsmitglied der HEAD - Genève, wo sie die Abteilung Kulturelle Entwicklung leitet. Federica Martini ist Kunsthistorikerin und Kuratorin und leitet den Studiengang Visuelle Künste der EDHEA in Sierre. Sarah Burkhalter ist Kunsthistorikerin und Leiterin der Antenne romande des Schweizerischen Instituts für Kunstwissenschaft (SIK-ISEA) in Lausanne sowie Mitglied der Institutsleitung.