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Abbas Zahedi: Begin Again

2 August 2025 at 15.00–17.00
6 September 2025 at 15.00–17.00
4 October 2025 at 15.00–17.00
1 November 2025 at 15.00–17.00
6 December 2025 at 15.00–17.00

Image credit: Abbas Zahedi

Join us every month for the Begin Again support group

On the first Saturday of each month Abbas Zahedi hosts a support group for the collective processing of ecological grief. In collaboration with thinkers, artists and musicians, participants are invited to consider ‘How can we make sense of a world increasingly shaped by loss and disconnection?’.

The discussions take place in a new commission entitled Begin Again. As part of the installation, instruments and playback devices have been plugged into Tate Modern’s utility pipes and deeper architecture. The sound composition shifts between moments of harmony and disintegration. Each sonic collapse prompts the piece to rebuild, emphasising the power of renewal and beginning again.

The commission creates a space for collective listening and discussion where participants can reflect on how to protect and restore ecological connectivity.

Begin Again is part of the exhibition Gathering Ground which explores threatened ecologies.

2 August 2025, 15.00-17.00

Join Abbas Zahedi and Sally Davies for a conversation about ecological connectivity.

Sally Davies

Sally Davies trained as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist and worked for 20 years in the NHS, leaving in 2017 to pursue her interest in clowning and poetry. Sally is interested in the therapeutic potential of play and created Queer Family Cabaret, a workshop for families to play together using costume and clown. She has also curated workshops exploring surrealism and clown as a means to connect more deeply with nature. Sally currently uses clown and tarot to create connection and community.

Abbas Zahedi

Abbas Zahedi (b. 1984, London, UK) is an artist with a background in medicine from University College London and an MA in Contemporary Photography and Philosophy from Central Saint Martins. His practice engages with systems of care, thresholds of experience, and the creation of communal spaces for dialogue. Zahedi’s work often weaves together personal narratives and broader collective concerns, using sound and materiality as conduits for reflection and connection. He has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Stanley Picker Fellowship (2024); Artangel: Making Time (2023); Frieze Artist Award (2022); Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award (2021); Serpentine Galleries’ Support Structures for Support Structures (2021); Artangel: Thinking Time (2020); Jerwood Arts Bursary (2019); Aziz Foundation Scholarship (2018); and the Khadijah Saye Memorial Scholarship (2017). Zahedi is an Associate Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London, and has taught at universities across the UK and internationally.

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2 August 2025 at 15.00–17.00

6 September 2025 at 15.00–17.00

4 October 2025 at 15.00–17.00

1 November 2025 at 15.00–17.00

6 December 2025 at 15.00–17.00

Support groups take place every month and run throughout the year. All sessions are free and drop in.

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