Born in Morocco in 1979, Badr El Hammami lives and works in Marseille, France. His practice addresses otherness, negotiation, co-construction, and exchange. His work often responds to the contexts within which it emerges, taking the form of in-situ projects that bear traces of the relationship he establishes with the people who surround him.

Badr explores the notions of movement, migration, borders, and politics through the prism of personal experiences linked to memory and family. His artistic productions convey the entanglement that binds personal histories and grand narratives.

Through simple gestures (painting and burning postcards, splitting a chess game by a wall, etc.) or more complex projects developed over time (study of correspondence by audiotapes between France and the Maghreb), Badr strives to create an art piece that demonstrates the vital need that is the circulation of speech.