Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s exhibition AIR PRESSURE (A DIARY OF THE SKY), curated by Irene Calderoni and Amanda Sroka, opens tomorrow at Fondazione Sandretto! Air Pressure (A Diary of the Sky) is an audio and video installation that further develops Abu Hamdan’s research into the political dimension of sound. Through extended and rigorous investigations that gather and analyze […]
We are pleased to announce our participation in this year’s Artissima Fair opening on November 4th. For Artissima 2022, mor charpentier wants to develop a second chapter on the theme of the human landscape, not as a term to describe man-made structures and practices of reshaping the land, but as research on the traces of the […]
We are pleased to announce our participation in the first edition of Paris+ by Art Basel opening on October 20. Our booth explores an idea of liquid and fluid memory, which can flow and expand, repair fractures, but at the same time manifest itself in forms that evaporate and fade away. From Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s concept […]
Discover Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s latest exhibition of 45th Parallel at Spike Island in Bristol. In 45th Parallel, Lawrence Abu Hamdan investigates the history and mythology of the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a unique municipal site that straddles the border between Canada and the United States. Set in this geographical and political grey-zone, acclaimed filmmaker […]
We are pleased to announce our participation in Frieze London 2022 opening on October 12. For this year’s edition, our presentation is organized around two thematic axes. The first one tackles the historical relations between the West and the global South, focusing on the consequences of colonialism, the migratory crises that affect the planet, the exploitation of […]
Discover Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s videos Rubber Coated Steel and Walled Unwalled, being presented at the Athens Museum of Contemporary Art as part of the Lawrence Abu Hamdan. Sonic Detective exhibition. These two works explore contested borders, citizenship and freedom of movement. Set in a facility designed with one specific function – to fire ammunition and […]
We are pleased to announce that Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Cevdet Erek will be participating in Manifesta 14 titled It matters what world wordls world: how to sell stories otherwise. This year’s edition explores the variations of storytelling and the spaces created from it with different projects, events, performances, and architectural interventions. Abu Hamdan will […]
We are pleased to announce that Lawrence Abu Hamdan has been awarded with the first ever Audience Prize by the Toronto Biennial, for his project 45th Parallel at Mercer Union. The Audience Prize awards $10,000 and recognizes an outstanding artistic contribution to the Biennial exhibition. This also marks the first time that The Toronto Biennial […]
Lawrence Abu Hamdan is participating in this year’s Berlin Biennale STILL PRESENT!, curated by Kader Attia. Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Air Conditioning is an evolving graduated image which maps the Israeli army’s sonic occupation of the Lebanese airspace over a 15-year period, from 2006 to the present. This installation links the ocular and the auditory regarding the […]
Discover Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s evolving performance Daght Jawi, a site-specific presentation regarding sonic warfare at Centre Pompidou tomorrow June 22, 2022. In the frame of the museum’s Planétarium. Cartographies Cotemporaines programme, Lawrence Abu Hamdan will present this extended audio-visual essay which starting point was his own detailed documentation of the sky over Lebanon—the result of […]
We are excited to announce that Kader Attia will be the curator of the 12th Berlin Biennale, which will take place form June 11 to September 18, 2022. The artist proposal is concerned with decolonial thinking as an ongoing conversation that allows reparation in different spheres of society. Attia is particularly interested in the notion […]
Discover Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s first major monograph, Dirty Evidence published by Lenz Press in collaboration with Bonniers Konsthall. The publication presents a comprehensive overview of the artist’s practice over the last 10 years. The book presents an in-depth visual analysis of Abu Hamdan’s work accompanied by commissioned essays that focus on single pieces as well […]