Curatorial Statement
There are journeys that move the feet and there are those that move the soul. This one is an intentional unfolding of the latter.
Set against the heartbeat of the 1-54 African Art Fair in Marrakech, we invite a gathering of extraordinary women to step into a sacred interlude, one that ground us in story, attune us to resonance and recalibrates both creative impulse and global intent. Think of it as a pilgrimage: through dunes and souks, through quiet ritual and creative reckoning, all framed to weave the personal and the professional, our inner and outer worlds into one living tapestry.
This curated journey opens space for belonging, curiosity, and connection, celebrating artists, dreamers and cultivators of ideas and legacy.
FOUNDER | INGRID ASONI
Rooted in Purpose, Moving in Practice
Consciously Connected Travel and Asoni Haus are twin vessels of cultural supplication and narrative architecture. We design with soul, steward with strategy and convene with care.
Asoni Haus curates impactful experiences, consults founders, organisations, institutions and crafts systems where story becomes structure and heritage becomes the blueprint for tomorrow’s creative ecosystems. Through cultural strategy across fashion, hospitality, art, and global dialogue, we build spaces for meaning that endure.
Consciously Connected Travel offers journeys that tether place, intention and learning. We don’t just take you somewhere, we together step into living story. As experts in Morocco’s layered culture, we are guided by ancestral intelligence and design sensorial pathways that reframe tourism into cultural immersion.
Together, we invite women whose voices shape the creative economy, those who search for artistic communion, deep belonging and catalytic community. This journey is designed to be transformative, connective and generative, planting seeds of insight and creative solidarity in a world hungry for them.
The Tapestry of Our Days
9 Nights / 10 Days (3–12 February 2026)
An intentional arc from stillness to intensity, from desert horizon to Medina mosaic, from introspection to collective emergence.
Phase One: Grounding in the Agafay Desert (3–5 February)
Two nights at the serene Alkamar Camp, nestled one hour from Marrakech among the ochre dunes and nomadic whispers. The Agafay is desert grounded yet soul-stirring, opening the body to presence and the heart to beginning. Here, guest experiences will begin with guided breathwork at sunrise, stirred by Saharan music and the memory of ancestral caravan trails.
Phase Two: The Pulse of the Medina (5–8 February)
We will move into a Riad woven into the bustling arteries of the Marrakech Medina, the city’s beating heart during 1-54. This is where the world convenes, narratives intersect and possibility opens in arcaded alleys, wood-carved doors, and lantern-lit courtyards. Here, you will meander through fair events, attend salons and forge creative collaborations amid spices, colour and story.
Phase Three: Salon Diaspora & Creative Residence (8–11 February)
Three nights in a private villa sanctuary during Salon Diaspora. Think of this phase as the inward spiral, where conversation, ritual hand restorative rest deepen. This is where you will exchange your experiences with those building in diaspora, alongside visiting artists and elder voices, shaping conversation and global culture.
Notable Moments: Creative Beacons
These are the luminescent intervals, spaces illumined by extraordinary voices who have shaped the Biopic creative economy.
Further Creative Beacons (to be confirmed) will join in shorter salon-style moments, women whose work has defied frames, built archive and seeded new trajectories in contemporary culture.
Tosin Adeosun
An artist whose poetic practice blends tradition, reclamation and myth into modern visual codes. Her presence will be the gentle gravity that anchors our creative dialogues, whether over ceremony, conversation, or drawn line.
The Journey’s Custodians
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Curator: Ingrid Asoni
A cultural custodian whose nearly twenty year journey has shaped boards, museums, dialogues and rituals across continents. She inhabits both arc and root, bringing rigorous care to each detail. From ritual dinners to cultural partnerships, all drawn from ancestral wisdom made contemporary.
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Emmett Marsh
DESIGN DIRECTOR
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Eleanor Parks
SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR
The Journey’s Custodians
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Curator: Ingrid Asoni
A cultural custodian whose nearly twenty year journey has shaped boards, museums, dialogues and rituals across continents. She inhabits both arc and root, bringing rigorous care to each detail. From ritual dinners to cultural partnerships, all drawn from ancestral wisdom made contemporary.
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Co-Host: Lanine Swann
A deeply grounded facilitator, sister in reciprocity and connector of intuition with execution. Lanine ensures that every detail, human conversation and unseen thread is held with nuance, warmth and precision.
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Rate: £9,200 GBP (~$12,460 USD) per person
Deposit: 10% non-refundable to secure your place
Payment Plans: 3-part installment option available
Full Payment Discount: 5% off when paid in full
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Seamless travel within the experience – all transfers connected to our in-house programming, ensuring your movement is as effortless as the days themselves.
Culinary nourishment – 8 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 6 dinners thoughtfully curated to reflect Morocco’s diverse and soulful palate.
Immersive encounters – every in-house experience as outlined in our carefully crafted journey, designed to inspire, connect, and delight.
A visual storyteller by your side – a private photographer to capture the quiet poetry and shared moments of the trip, so you can remain fully present.
Personal sourcing concierge – a dedicated service by Laith + Leila to help you find treasures, great or small, and ensure they are seamlessly shipped to your home.
Exclusive access – entry to VIP programming and private events during both 1-54 African Art Fair and Salon Diaspora.
Intimate gatherings – supper clubs and curated moments in the company of notable figures and extraordinary places woven into the fabric of your journey.
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While we hold the container for a rich and seamless experience, certain elements remain outside the scope of this journey:
International flights to and from Morocco
Transfers or transport beyond our curated programming
Meals not specified within the outlined journey
Personal shopping and purchases
Tips and gratuities
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As part of our shared lineage of stewardship, a percentage of all proceeds will be gifted to our ongoing recovery project in Morocco’s Atlas Mountains—responding to earthquake devastation with local healing, rebuilding, and community love. Through this journey, each guest becomes a living bridge between privilege, empathy, and responsibility.
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You are seeking more than a journey — you are seeking an immersion that nourishes the soul and sharpens the mind, where culture is not merely witnessed but felt in the marrow. You yearn for spaces where creative expression is met with kinship, where the exchange is not transactional but transformative. Within the global BIOPIC creative sphere, brilliance abounds yet often drifts untethered; here, we gather the fragments into a living tapestry of belonging, vision, and possibility. In Marrakech, during the pulsating days of 1-54, we stand at the meeting point of heritage and horizon, where art becomes a bridge and dialogue becomes an act of creation. This is an invitation to be wholly seen, deeply mirrored, and powerfully held among women whose presence calls forth your most expansive unfolding.