Lawrence Abu Hamdan was born in 1985 in Amman, Jordan, and currently lives and works in Dubai, UAE. The artist received a BA in 2007 from Middlesex University London and an MA in 2010 and a PhD in 2016 from Goldsmiths, University of London. Abu Hamdan works across video, performance, installation, and sound to create works that foreground the importance of listening in our understanding of conflicts, injustices, one another, and the world around us. Drawing upon his work investigating international human rights cases, geopolitical conflicts, and individual legal or political claims, Abu Hamdan’s practice considers the possibilities held within new modes of listening.

Meriem Bennani was born in 1988, in Rabat, Morocco and today lives and works in New York City, New York. Bennani received her BFA from The Cooper Union in 2012 after receiving her MFA in Animation from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France in 2011. Moving between the aesthetics of reality television, documentary, animation and more, Bennani’s videos and installations embrace play and the absurd, while contemplating the intricacies of human behavior.