YOUTH EDITORIAL GROUP: THE POWER OF ART: TALK W. ABDALLA ELTAYEB AND MURTADA ELFADL
Why is art important for revolutions? Throughout history, art has played a central role in revolutions—as protest, documentation, and hope. Gain insight into art’s ability to inspire change, mobilize movements, and strengthen solidarity, especially in times of oppression.
Multidisciplinary artist Abdalla Eltayeb and culture writer, critic, and film curator Murtada Elfadl explore how art and culture creates a language of freedom, heritage, and longing – particularly in Sudan, where the world’s fastest-growing displacement crisis is unfolding, yet global media coverage remains limited.
They will explore what art dares to express that journalism can’t, and how it plays a role in shedding light on stories that would otherwise remain unseen.Murtada Elfadl is a culture writer, critic, and film curator. Born and raised in Khartoum, Sudan he currently resides in New York. His work about cinema lies at the intersection of documentary and fiction with an emphasis on the work of filmmakers in the diaspora and from the Global South. Additionally he has a keen interest in the films that highlight the queer experience in its many forms. His work has been published at Variety, The A.V. Club, SEEN by Blackstar and Backstage Magazines. He’s a programmer at NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival and at the documentary festival, DOC NYC.Abdalla Eltayeb is a Sudanese cartographer and multidisciplinary artist based in Sweden and works at the intersection of memory, displacement, and material culture, drawing from both personal and collective histories originally. His practice incorporates printmaking, performance lectures, and data visualization, exploring themes of loss, migration, and the preservation of heritage.
The conversation is moderated by A Seat at The Table.
Language: English