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Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Lawrence Abu hamdan, walled unwalled, 2018
collection les abattoirs, musée - frac occitanie toulouse
© lawrence abu hamdan ; courtesy mor charepentier, paris
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Opening on Friday 17 September from 6pm to 11pm
Wednesday to Sunday from 12pm to 6pm
Nocturnes on 17 and 18 September until 11pm
Having started out as a musician, Lawrence Abu Hamdan turned to the visual arts while maintaining a marked interest in issues of sound. Through the production of audio documentaries, audio-visual installations, sculptures, photographs, workshops and performances, his work deals with intersections between sound and politics. The artist’s audio investigations have been used as evidence at the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and as advocacy for organizations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International, along with the work of fellow researchers from Forensic Architecture.
The festival presents a video installation titled Walled Unwalled. The artist examines a series of legal cases in which accusations hinge on sounds perceived through walls, doors or floors. He analyzes the language used, shouts and diverse noises to piece together events. The result is a contemplation of the ways in which solid structures are more or less capable of holding in the flow of information or of maintaining the barrier between private and public spaces.
This work is in the collection of Les Abattoirs Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse
In partnership with les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse
Born in 1985 in Amman (Jordan), Lawrence Abu Hamdan lives and works in Beirut and Berlin. His work featured in the 58th Venice Biennale, the 11th Gwangju Biennale, and the 13th and 14th Sharjah Biennales, and in exhibitions at Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Portikus (Frankfurt), Casco (Utrecht), MACBA (Barcelona), Moderna Museet (Stockholm) among others. His works feature in the collections of Les Abattoirs, Musée – Frac Occitanie Toulouse, MoMA, Guggenheim, Van AbbeMuseum, Centre Pompidou, and Tate Modern. In 2019, Lawrence shared the Turner Prize for his Earwitness Theatre exhibition and his performance After Sfx.