Scenography Concept & Design — la bibliothèque des possibles, 2025
Kokoba, Meeting Our Griots
© Photo by Zamzam Elmoge
Dagara wheel - with the five elements Fire (red, south), Water (blue, north), Earth (yellow, centre), Mineral (white, west) and Nature (green, east)
The scenography for la bibliothèque des possibles marks the fifth anniversary of the project Kokoba, Meeting Our Griots and proposes a space for quiet reflection and collective presence. Conceived as a “Five Elements Library,” the reading room translates the symbolic system of Dagara cosmology — earth, water, fire, air, and spirit — into spatial experience.
At the center of the space, a circular table in reference to the Dagara wheel anchors the installation. Its surface, carved to hold each curated book, forms a tactile archive of curated works. Around it, visitors sit on the floor, on cushions and poufs, entering a shared geometry of reading, listening, and exchange. A lamp and a chair in the corner of the 20 m² space evoke the intimacy of a living room, suggesting domestic comfort and the quiet familiarity of home.
The scenography embodies a space of transmission — where ancestral echoes meet contemporary voices, and where books, materials, and workshops coexist.
