{"id":8643,"date":"2019-01-11T15:34:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T20:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=8643"},"modified":"2019-01-11T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T20:35:24","slug":"amado-alfadni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/amado-alfadni\/","title":{"rendered":"Amado Alfadni"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3830\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8643-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AmadoAlfadni.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AmadoAlfadni.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AmadoAlfadni.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #101010;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8651 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?resize=1068%2C1068&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/amado-alfadni.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I am an Egyptian-born Sudanese artist. My childhood was composed of two environments: the Cairene street and the Sudanese home. The relationship, and sometimes tension, between the two, strongly influenced my view of both cultures. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #101010;\">The need to express this dual perspective led me to make art initially and has informed my work since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #101010;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadoalfadni.com\/\">My work<\/a> discusses the relationship between the included and the excluded, and open dialogue on issues of identity and politics. By working with forgotten historical events and\u00a0current state policies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #101010;\">I raise questions of power dynamics between the individual and authority on a social and political level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: #101010;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amadoalfadni.com\/\">My recent work<\/a> is based on research and documentation of ignored historical events, especially colonial history and rereading it from the perspective of the native.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8652\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8652\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/No1-Black-Ivory-Sculpture-audio-installation2016a-..jpg?resize=696%2C464&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/No1-Black-Ivory-Sculpture-audio-installation2016a-..jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/No1-Black-Ivory-Sculpture-audio-installation2016a-..jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/No1-Black-Ivory-Sculpture-audio-installation2016a-..jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/No1-Black-Ivory-Sculpture-audio-installation2016a-..jpg?resize=696%2C464&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/No1-Black-Ivory-Sculpture-audio-installation2016a-..jpg?resize=630%2C420&amp;ssl=1 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No. 1 Black Ivory, Sculpture \/ Audio installation,2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8653\" style=\"width: 2698px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8653\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=696%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?w=2698&amp;ssl=1 2698w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=768%2C565&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=1024%2C753&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=696%2C512&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=1068%2C785&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?resize=571%2C420&amp;ssl=1 571w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mahungo-paining2018..jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahungo, painting,2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/AmadoAlfadni.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listI am an Egyptian-born Sudanese artist. 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