SADA

Sada meaning echo in Arabic was conceived as Sada for Iraqi art by the Baghdadborn Rijin Sahakian Sahakian set up the initiative which ran from 2011 to 2015 in order to support Baghdadbased artists facing the damage done to the contemporary art infrastructure in Iraq after cycles of war destruction sanctions and continual political insecurity For documenta fifteen Sahakian invited former participants of Sada to produce video work reflecting on their practice and where they are today The participating artists are Sajjad Abbas Bassim Al Shaker Layth Kareem Ali Eyal Raed Mutar Sarah Munaf and Sahakian herself This almanac is a valuable historical document about a country destroyed by a bloody war