Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Walled Unwalled and Other Monologues

Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Walled Unwalled and Other Monologues invites visitors to consider the “ear-witness” as a form of legal testimony, and how the physical act of listening can both exonerate and incriminate. Abu Hamdan practices what he calls “forensic listening” by documenting and analyzing sound records using video, installation and live performances. Walled Unwalled will be presented alongside three performances described by the artist as “audio-visual essays,” which contemplate the intersection of sound and politics: After SFX (2018), Natq (2019), and Air Pressure (2021).