Lawrence Abu Hamdan is an artist and audio investigator. Abu Hamdan is the author of the artist book [inaudible] : A politics of listening in 4 acts. In 2018 received both the Abraaj Group Art Prize (Dubai) and the Baloise Art Prize (Basel). His film Rubber Coated Steel won the Tiger short film award at the Rotterdam International Film festival in 2017. Abu Hamdan's works are part of many international museum collections, including MoMA, Guggenheim, Hammer L.A, Van Abbe Museum, Centre Pompidou, and the Tate Modern.