Layl Ali

Layl Ali is an artist, writer, and architect invested in unpacking questions related to space, politics, and gender. They look at ‘women’ as political beings, examine space as a political category, and speculate how collective memories and resistances can be articulated. The sacred and the feminine often emerge as themes in Layl’s work, becoming an arc to interpret the political and social realities of the subjects they explore. Seeking the feminine within the landscape and through it, interrogating notions of home, maps, and the city are avenues that they are continually exploring through different forms. These forms oscillate between experimental pedagogy, writing and activism, playing a central role in shaping the kind of artistic practice Layl wants to inhabit.