Platform for experimental and anthropological film,
sound, and landscape cinema.
sound, and landscape cinema.
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Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Lawrence Abu Hamdan is Beirut-based artist and independent investigator or Private Ear who creates films, installations, graphic design, sculptures, photography, and performances that explore the intersection between sound and politics. His investigations focus on sound and linguistics and have been used as evidence at the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and as advocacy for organisations such as Amnesty International and Defence for Children International together with fellow researchers from Forensic Architecture. In 2023 he founded Earshot - the world’s first not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the study of audio for human rights and environmental advocacy.