Known for his City Take-Overs, Saad-Eddine Said is a curator who initiates and builds bridges and creative partnerships between local communities, artists, activists, social entrepreneurs, innovators, cultural organisations and governmental institutions.
His work focuses on co-creating impactful and artistic takeovers that are aimed at re-thinking, re-imagining and re-shaping the structure and future of institutions and communities in towns and cities nationally and internationally. This work has shaped his views on the exciting and important role that public and cultural institutions can play in facilitating citizen leadership in achieving societal change. He presented his work and vision around theories of change in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. Saad is the Co-Founder and previous Co-Artistic Director of the charity Terre Sans Frontieres (Morocco) and worked as the Director of HOME Slough (UK). Saad has recently taken the position as Artistic Director and CEO of New Art Exchange.