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.