Tunisian delegation

About the delegation

The Tunisian delegation brings together key actors from contemporary art, digital culture, light art, cultural innovation and multidisciplinary festivals, including La Boîte, Interference Light Art Project, SEE DJERBA, TICDCE and Dreamcity. The delegation reflects Tunisia’s dynamic cultural ecosystem and its growing connections between artistic experimentation, technology, cultural entrepreneurship and international collaboration.

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Delegation participants

La Boîte – Centre d'art contemporain

Founded in 2007 in a Tunisian context where there were no art centres, La Boîte positions itself as a research and experimentation laboratory for artists and architects, supporting artistic creation, production, dissemination and mediation in Tunisia. La Boîte operates where audiences are, in their workplaces or places of study. It is therefore active within companies (La Boîte-La Charguia), at the university in the Sainte-Monique Chapel at IHEC Carthage (La Boîte Hors-les-Murs), and in the regions, in Djerba in partnership with the Agora Djerba cultural space, and in Gabès in partnership with ISAM Gabès and the Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions (La Boîte Hors-Tunis).

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Ghofrane Heraghi

Cultural project director

An architect by training, Ghofrane Heraghi is a cultural project director and co-founder of several initiatives at the crossroads of art, cinema and social innovation. Since 2015, she has been developing projects in Tunisia that explore the connections between artistic creation, territories, new cultural practices and civic engagement.

She is notably the co-founder of Siccajazz in Le Kef and has collaborated on several major events within Tunisia’s cultural scene, including the Carthage Film Festival and Gabès Cinéma Fen. Her career also includes the production of Tunisian films that have received international awards.

Through the direction of projects such as L’Agora and CinémaTdour, she works to make art and cinema more accessible, particularly to young people and audiences with limited access to cultural offerings, while developing new forms of mediation and distribution.

She is also a Board Member of La Boîte, a Tunisian laboratory for research and experimentation in art and architecture, which supports artistic creation, production, dissemination and mediation, and develops projects at the intersection of art, architecture, research and territories. This experience fuels her interest in interdisciplinary practices and new forms of collaboration between creativity, innovation and society.

Her approach today lies at the intersection of art, culture, innovation and social impact, with a particular interest in projects that create new experiences and new ways of connecting audiences with creative work.

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Interference Light Art Project

INTERFERENCE Light Art Projects is an international art festival in the Medina of Tunis; SEE DJERBA Media Art Festival is an

international art festival on the island of Djerba. Both feature light and media art in public art projects. Both projects are community-

driven, backed by various learning environments and accompanied by conference programs. Impacting public bodies of knowledge,

including sociocultural topics, ecological awareness, and decolonizing matters, runs through all projects.

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Bettina Pelz

Curator

Bettina Pelz is a curator, writer, and researcher. Over the last twenty-five years, her curatorial work is dedicated to art-in-context projects. Her transdisciplinary projects are hosted at art institutions and in public space, in natural and cultural heritage environments. She has been the founding curators of sustainable art projects in Europe and Africa. Internationally she has been involved in projects in Austria, Belgium, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Mali, Mexico, The Netherlands, North-Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South-Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Tunisia.

SEE DJERBA

International Media Art Project Houmt Souk 2017–2026. SEE DJERBA provides a rare chance to immerse yourself in new media art while exploring the rich tapestry of Djerba’s cultural and natural heritage. As the sun sets and the artworks come to life, visitors are invited on a journey of discovery through the streets and historic sites of Houmt Souk. This nocturnal art adventure celebrates Djerba’s unique character, where ancient traditions and contemporary expressions coexist and inspire one another.

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Fairouz Nouri

Community coordinator

Fairouz Nouri is a cultural activist, curator, art mediator, and project coordinator based in Tunisa, active in Djerba, Sfax, and Tunis. She has been involved in various art projects locally and internationally. Her work involves exhibition-making, open-call juries, mentorship of emerging curators, and training art mediators. She is noted for her commitment to making contemporary art accessible, engaging diverse audiences, and experimenting with curatorial formats in public spaces. She collaborates frequently with other curators, such as Khadouja Tamzini, and contributes to fostering a more equitable art scene in Tunisia.

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TICDCE – Centre international de Tunis pour l'économie culturelle numérique

The Tunis International Center for Digital Cultural Economy (TICDCE) is a public institution established in 2019 under the supervision of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It works to drive the digital transformation of the cultural sector and to promote heritage, arts and creativity through digital technologies and innovation.

The TICDCE acts as a catalyst for the digital cultural and creative economy, supporting creators, startups and project holders, developing skills, and fostering the emergence of new business models, new professions and new forms of access to culture.

Through its incubation, training, innovation and heritage valorisation programmes, the TICDCE contributes to the development of Tunisia’s cultural and creative industries (CCIs) ecosystem and to strengthening national, regional and international cooperation.

The TICDCE has also been classified by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO) among creative and sustainable institutions in the field of creative industries and the knowledge economy, further consolidating its position as a leading institutional actor in this field.

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Saloua ABDEL KHALAK

Director General and Founder

Saloua AbdelKhalak is the Director General and Founder of the Tunis International Center for Digital Cultural Economy (TICDCE). with his master's degree in law she is a senior civil servant graduated from the National School of Administration (ENA) of Tunis, she is also certified by the International Academy of Good Governance and the ENA Leadership School. Her academic expertise is further strengthened by a Master’s Degree in Heritage Sciences, providing her with a unique cross-disciplinary perspective that bridges cultural preservation and technological innovation.

As an architect of digital-cultural innovation, she has successfully led major national-scale projects and managed strategic international programmes, contributing to the digital transformation of the cultural and creative sectors.

She is an expert for ALECSO in the field of cultural and creative industries and their intersection with digital technologies. A World Bank-certified trainer in Access to Information and Open Data, she actively promotes transparent, innovative and inclusive governance.

In 2019, she was awarded by the Republic of Tunisia the rank of Knight of the National Order of Merit in the Cultural Sector, in recognition of her contribution to the field.

In 2026, the TICDCE received ALECSO accreditation as a “Creative and Sustainable Institution in the field of Cultural Industries and the Knowledge Economy.”

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