Feel It: ” Just Two and Three Days…”
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Sadness and frustration prevailed among the people of art and culture inside and outside Sudan as a result of the war in Sudan, at a time when the cultural movement is active to break the barrier of silence and psychological suffering experienced by creative people in Khartoum as a result of the on going war , through artistic and cultural associations and their communication with Sudanese creative people inside Sudan and everywhere with high coordination with institutions and organizations working to remove and mitigate the effects of war, this clearly demonstrated by the reopening of some centers that were parked outside the borders.
The Goethe-Institut Sudan in Cairo presented artistic performances entitled ” just two and three days…” at the conclusion of the Sudanese Artists Forum project, which included new works including photography, visual arts, storytelling and music during 21, 22 and 23 November.
The event was called ” just two and three days…” A reference to a saying uttered by many and we continue to hear from the mouths of the Sudanese, a window through which we see the extent to which the Sudanese people hope that the sudden conflict will end in a few days so that life can return to the way it was. In fact, life is still able to flourish even in times of hardship and that arts of all kinds reflect the echo of the Sudanese man who resists to preserve his identity, and reshapes time to make the present an opportunity. Time can make a real difference if it is well invested. The invitation came to interact with artworks that illustrate that time is not just a number on a clock, but a journey full of conflict, self-search and coexistence with the other, to challenge together the past and anticipate the future.
Cultural movement and various endeavors undertaken by a number of Sudanese creatives in Cairo, who were able to bring many of their colleagues out of frustration into action, are considered a positive incentive for the Sudanese arts and culture who came to Egypt, urging each other to resist the war with their artistic and cultural tools.
The artistic and cultural movement inside Sudan in the safe states contributed to the call to stop the war through cultural forums, arts, singing, and theater, calling for the necessity of community cohesion, combating hate speech, and calling for peace and love.
Every adversity and crisis has its negatives and positives, this war has produced positives, especially creative people who crossed the borders. It made their voice one, under the umbrella of gathering their diaspora and an official body to which they belong, one goal that brings them together, hoping that peace will spread throughout the beloved country Sudan.