Listening to a soundtrack of violence on a daily basis.
For one year, Lawrence Abu Hamdan kept a diary of the sweltering skies above Lebanon. During the same period, he made more than 40 videos of Israeli fighter jets and other unmanned aerial vehicles. Using this material as well as live audio, he recreates the atmosphere of this roaring sky in the Brussels planetarium. A performance evoking life under the sounds of violence, under a sky that is continually changing. From imminent danger to relative calm, from free to occupied, from something that can be ignored to fatal.
Lawrence Abu Hamdan looks at the political impact of listening and the effect sounds can have on human rights and other rights in general. His work has previously been shown in Tate Modern (London), Kunstinstituut Mellly (Rotterdam), The Showroom (London) and is included in many international collections. Together with Tai Shani, Oscar Murillo, and Helen Cammock he won the Turner Prize, a British award for visual artists in 2019.
Location: The Brussels Planetarium. Av. de Bouchout 10, 1000 Brussels.
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In partnership with The Brussels Planetarium.
Co-curated by Selma Ouissi, Sofiane Ouissi, Jan Goossens, Guy Gypens.
