Lawrence Abu Hamdan
(Lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.)
Air Conditioning. 2022
Full colour inkjet print on matt fibre photo paper; 90 x 5475 cm.
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation.
The evolving graduated image maps the Israeli army’s sonic occupation of the Lebanese airspace over a 15-year period, from 2006 to the present. Following the 2006 July War between Israel and Lebanon, and the subsequent United Nation Security Council ‘resolution’ in August 2006, Israel commenced with a different form of warfare—an invisible, auditory conditioning of the Lebanese airspace, initially with F-35s, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones.
(From a text in the booklet Lawrence Abu Hamdan: The Sonic Image, Sharjah Art Foundation, 2022)
Venue: Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart
See also:
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: The Sonic Image
4 March - 4 July 2022, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. The largest institutional solo exhibition by the artist to date. Curator: Omar Kholeif. Special presentation in UiU.
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart. 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, 11 June - 18 September 2022. Title: Still Present! Curator: Kader Attia and artistic team. 75 artists and groups.