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Lawrence Abu Hamdan
is an artist and “private ear” who was born in Amman and lives in Dubai. His audio investigations, conducted with fellow researchers with Forensic Architecture, have been used as evidence at the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and by organizations such as Amnesty International and Defense for Children International. Abu Hamdan received his PhD from Goldsmiths and is currently a fellow at the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry at the University of Chicago. He has exhibited work at the Venice Biennale, the Gwangju Biennale, the Sharjah Biennial, Witte De With (Rotterdam), Tate Modern (London), Chisenhale Gallery (London), the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles), Portikus (Frankfurt), the Showroom (London), and Casco (Utrecht). His works are part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Guggenheim (New York), the Van Abbemuseum (Eindhoven), Centre Pompidou (Paris), and Tate Modern. Abu Hamdan has been awarded the 2019 Edvard Munch Art Award and the 2016 Nam June Paik Award. In 2019, Abu Hamdan shared the Turner Prize with three other artists, as part of a temporary collective.
“A Cinder Block Falling on Concrete” was published as part of Triple Canopy’s Immaterial Literature project area, which receives support from the Stolbun Collection, Agnes Gund, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts.