In an era when atrocities are increasingly designed to leave no trace, a Turner Prize-winning artist named Lawrence Abu Hamdan has built an organization around a deceptively simple premise: that sound, carefully heard, can bear witness where eyes and cameras cannot. Working from a south London office through his NGO Earshot, Abu Hamdan and his team have turned audio forensics into a form of accountability, reconstructing massacres in Gaza, sonic weapon deployments in Belgrade, and the architecture of Syrian torture chambers from nothing more than what survivors remember hearing. It is a practi
Turner Prize winner uses sound evidence to expose human rights abuses
Earshot has documented at least 910 rounds fired at aid workers in Gaza on March 23, 2025, with at least 789 directly targeting ambulance workers; investigations also cover killings in Belgrade, Syria's Sednaya prison, and US ICE enforcement deaths.