Walled Unwalled (2018) by Lawrence Abu Hamdan

In the year 2000 there was a total of fifteen fortified border walls and fences between sovereign nations. Today, physical barriers at sixty-three borders divide nations across four continents. Walled Unwalled is a performance-video installation that presents narratives derived from legal cases based on evidence heard or experienced through walls. It consists of a series of performances re-enactments and a monologue staged inside a trio of sound effects studios in the Funkhaus, East Berlin.

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Credits:

Filmed at the Funkhaus, Berlin

Written, directed and performed by Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Assistant Director: Dala Nasser

Director of Photography: Jarred Alterman

Sound recordist: Shakeeb Abu Hamdan

Audio mix and master: Shakeeb Abu Hamdan

Gaffer: Claudia Schröder

Grip: Moritz Friese

Drummer: Shakeeb Abu Hamdan

Stage hands: Diana Gluck & Abraham Zeitoun

Projections: James Islip (Lumen audiovisual)

Acoustic Analysis and data: Fouad Bechwati and his team at 21db Lebanon

Architechtural animations: Rami el Murr

Montage: Jarred Alterman

Script edit: Maan Abu Taleb

Colorist: Joseph Mastantuono

Post Production Mastering: Nice Dissolve NYC

Post Production Supervisor: Pierce Varous

Interviews with former Saydnaya detainees Jamal, Samer and Salam originally filmed by Ana Naomi at the office of Amnesty International in Istanbul in 2016 for Forensic Architecture and Amnesty International joint report.

Excerpt from Kyllo vs United States courtesy of Oyez.org

Excerpt from the Trial of Oscar Pistorius courtesy of the BBC

Commissioned for Abraaj Group Art Prize 2018 curated by Myriam Ben Salah.

With huge thanks to:

Ashkal Alwan, Fouad Bechwati and all at 21db for their collaboration in kind, Myriam Ben Salah, Ahmed Ghoneimy, Nesrine Khodr , Andrea Lissoni, Aram Moshayedi, Nora Razian, Eyal Weizman.