Abdalsalam Alhaj is a Sudanese artist and producer whose work explores the intersection of memory, identity, and technology through various mediums including photography, videography, audio, and extended reality (XR).

He is the founder of Rift Digital Lab, a cutting-edge immersive lab that specializes in producing AR/VR experiences, podcasts, audiobooks, and digital storytelling in Sudan and Rwanda.

Abdalsalam is passionate about archives, music, and self-expression, evoking the passage of time, and questioning the attitudes, fears, and unwritten rules that have formed our environment and behaviors.

Grants and Awards:
2021, Production Fund - Goethe Institut Sudan
2021, EverydayNile Photojournalism Stories - InfoNile
2020, Venice Production Bridge - 77th Venice International Film Festival
2018, Visual Arts Grant - AFAC

Solo Exhibition:
2021, Old Wishes - Khartoum, Sudan

Group Exhibitions:
2022, Al Malaz, Next Level - Art meets Cultural Policies - Goethe-Institut Sudan - Omdurman, Sudan

Residency and Fellowships:
2022, Decaying Bank: Reproducing Khartoum Visually with The Muse multi studios - Khartoum, Sudan
2022, Creators Hub Exchange Program - Black Rhino VR - Nairobi, Kenya
2019, New Dimensions AR/VR Lab - Electric South - Cape Town, South Africa
2016, CrossCulture Programme at DW - ifa - Bonn, Germany

Films:
2023 Night Shift - VR 360° Film - Rift Digital Lab and Electric South - (In Post-production stage)

Contact:
Email: abdalsalam@riftdigital.net

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