Jesse Jones In Conversation With Lawrence Abu Hamdan

Jesse Jones works across platform - in film installation, performance and sculpture. Using a form of expanded cinema she explores magical counter-narratives to the state, drawn from suppressed archetypes and myth, and raises the volume on the troubling histories of religious and state oppression of women. Lawrence Abu Hamdan is a Private Ear, listening to, with and on behalf of people affected by corporate, state, and environmental violence. Abu Hamdan's work has been presented in the form of forensic reports, lectures and live performances, films and exhibitions all over the world.

The talk will be followed by the Opening Reception of Jesse Jones’ The Tower and Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s 45th Parallel at Talbot Rice Gallery at 6pm. 

We encourage you to book a place to avoid disappointment, as there is limited capacity.

 If you have any questions, please email info.talbotrice@ed.ac.uk

Jesse Jones is an artist based in Ireland. Her practice is multi-platform, working in film installation, performance and sculpture. Using a form of expanded cinema she explores magical counter-narratives to the State drawn from suppressed archetypes and myth. She represented Ireland at the Venice Biennale 2017 with the work Tremble Tremble. She has had solo presentations at Guggenheim Bilbao, Artsonje Seoul. Kunsthalle Gent has commissioned her work “Syllabus” as part of the permanent exhibition program. Her work is in collections in the Irish Museum of Modern Art and Hugh Lane gallery. She is the 250th member of Aosdána, founded in 1981 to honour artists whose work has made an outstanding contribution to the creative arts in Ireland. She lectures in Fine Art at Technological University Dublin.

Lawrence Abu Hamdan is a Private Ear, listening to, with and on behalf of people affected by corporate, state, and environmental violence. Abu Hamdan's work has been presented in the form of forensic reports, lectures and live performances, films, publications, and exhibitions all over the world. He received his PhD in 2017 and has held fellowships and professorships at the University of Chicago, the New School, New York and most recently at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz where he developed his research AirPressure.info. Abu Hamdan's projects reflect on the political and cultural context of sound and listening, and his audio investigations been used as evidence at the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal and been a key part of advocacy campaigns for organisations such as Amnesty International, Defence for Children International and Forensic Architecture.