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Afrabia1 - Courtesy of the artist Rayan Elnayal
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Afrabia2 - Courtesy of the artist Rayan Elnayal
Talk
Re-telling our hiSTORIES via 3D Digital Art - Rayan Elnayal
14 Oct 2020
Regular hours
- Wed, 14 Oct
- 18:30 – 20:00
Timezone: Europe/London
Online
- Language: English
- Join the event
Explore the artistic journey and conceptualisation of Rayan Elnayal' s latest project, A Magic Realist Afrabia.
About
British Sudanese Architectural Designer, Rayan Elnayal shares how she uses the skills she obtained as an architecture student to visualise fictional spaces inspired by her diasporic background & ethnocentric ideas.
She will explore the artistic journey and conceptualisation of her latest project, A Magic Realist Afrabia, as well as discuss relevant themes in her work including: Magic realism, Afrofuturism, the portrayal of western media narratives, identity & ethnic hybridism.
Why should I attend?
Explore the intersection of architecture and digital art, and learn how digital visualisation & drawing can aid in the production of ethnocentric futurisms in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region.
More info
The monograph (additional material) by Mishelle Brito, Curator and Moderator for this talk.
About the Artist
Rayan Elnayal is a Sudanese Part 2 Architectural Assistant and Artist based in London.
Her thesis project- ‘A magic realist Afrabia’ explored ideas on magic realism and multi-culturalism in Architecture and design.
Since graduating from the University of Greenwich, Rayan has held two solo exhibitions on the project and hopes to continue exploring these topics via her research and drawings.
