Tagh’out

Artist Statement

In the eyes of the Islamist terrorists I belonged to the hateful category of the tagh’out – a traitor to the cause of God. As an artist and journalist, I was living in a state torn between the rule of law, ‘loyalty’ to Islam and the aspirations of struggling for a free, democratic and modern Algeria. The worst was to endure up close the atrocities of a civil war that did not acknowledge itself as such. The most shocking moment was when, having been assigned to cover his speech, I witnessedthe assassination of President Boudiaf. This work is about memory, a return to the archives and recollections of that period.


2011

This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation