The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London NW8
The Right to Silence is an event series exploring the legal status of the voice and builds on the research and polemics at the core of Lawrence Abu Hamdan's ongoing project Aural Contract. Taking the form of presentations responding to tracks from the Aural Contract Audio Archive, a compilation of sounds related to the politics of listening, a symposium and screening the series brings together contributions by amongst others Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Agency, Paul Elliman, Patrick Hanafin, Anne Karpf, Susan Schuppli and Salomé Voegelin. The events are a collaboration between Electra and the Showroom, during his Aural Contract: The Freedom
of Speech Itself exhibition.
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