Once Upon A Time, Hadiqat Al Umma - short preview

Author Sadik Kwaish Alfraji Studio

This is an installation view of "Once Upon A Time.. Hadiqat Al Umma" at Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah U.A.E. 4 March – 6 May, 2017 Curated by: Laura Metzler and Dr. Alexandra MacGilp.

Once Upon A Time, Hadiqat Al Umma, 9 video-animation channels, 8:11 minutes, sound, 2017.
A panoramic installation consisting of 9 video-animation channels and a single sculpture. Commissioned by Barjeel Art Foundation. The work is a nostalgia of Hadiqat al Umah park in the center of Baghdad.
The artist tried to Re-create the garden/park's experience that was a station of relaxing in the downtown Baghdad.
In these animations the artist used a rich mixer of charcoal drawings, photographs, old TV / cinema footage.  Many of the animated photographs are of artworks which are popular in and around the park alongside all the natural and manmade elements, like trees, people, birds and sounds , all this to create a similar atmosphere.

Compositing by Peter van de Zanden - Music composed and performed by Jonathan Smit.