{"id":44642,"date":"2026-05-25T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mor-charpentier.com\/?p=44642"},"modified":"2026-07-11T18:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:39:26","slug":"450xl-the-story-of-a-fugitive-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mor-charpentier.com\/fr\/450xl-the-story-of-a-fugitive-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"450XL: The Story of a Fugitive Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawrence Abu Hamdan (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lawrenceabuhamdan\/\">@lawrenceabuhamdan<\/a>), represented by Mor Charpentier (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morcharpentier\/\">@morcharpentier<\/a>), is showing at Canicula \u2014 Fondazione In Between Art Film\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fondazioneinbetweenartfilm\/\">@fondazioneinbetweenartfilm<\/a>) collateral exhibition at the Complesso dell\u2019Ospedaletto, Venice \u2014 on view until 22 November 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The work begins with a silent vigil in Belgrade, March 2025. Hundreds of thousands gathered. Then, without warning, the crowd dispersed \u2014 in response to something no recording device could detect. Witnesses contacted Earshot NGO, Abu Hamdan\u2019s forensic sound agency, seeking to understand what had occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The investigation \u2014 15 earwitness interviews, 19 videos, 3,244 written testimonies \u2014 pointed toward the LRAD 450XL: a directional acoustic weapon, deployed against a civilian population for the first time on record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The installation unfolds across fifteen screens. Silent text-based testimonies alternate with footage of the vigil. Silence here is not absence \u2014 it is the site of the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/2050.plus\/\">@2050.plus<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/altofragile_studio\/\">@altofragile_studio<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lorenzomasonstudio\/\">@lorenzomasonstudio<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/venezia_news\/\">@venezia_news<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ospedaletto_contemporaneo\/\">@ospedaletto_contemporaneo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u2014\u2014<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/docent\/\">#Docent<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/docentart\/\">#DocentArt<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/lawrenceabuhamdan\/\">#LawrenceAbuHamdan<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/morcharpentier\/\">#MorCharpentier<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/canicula\/\">#Canicula<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawrence Abu Hamdan (@lawrenceabuhamdan), represented by Mor Charpentier (@morcharpentier), is showing at Canicula \u2014 Fondazione In Between Art Film\u2019s (@fondazioneinbetweenartfilm) collateral exhibition at the Complesso dell\u2019Ospedaletto, Venice \u2014 on view until 22 November 2026. The work begins with a silent vigil in Belgrade, March 2025. Hundreds of thousands gathered. 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