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Adnan Naqvi

Adnan is an artist and audio investigator exploring the intersections of sound and technology. Drawing on the philosophy of technology and the histories of electronic music, his work spans moving image, forensic reports, multichannel compositions, organisations, and technical systems, all aimed at articulating a sonic ontology of technology.

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Attack on Al Hajji Tower

Adnan has worked as an audio investigator at Earshot and was co-founder of the AI startup Truss Archive and Restless Egg, an incubator for artist-founders. He was a fellow on Transformations of the Human, an experimental technology program spun out of the Berggruen Institute. His sonic practise, in collaboration with a range of contemporary artists, have been credited in exhibitions and performances at Barakat Contemporary Seoul (2024), Alserkal Arts Foundation, Dubai (2024), Sharjah Biennale (2025), Sfeir Semler Gallery, Beirut (2025), Wonder Cabinet, Palestine (2025), Somerset House, London (2025), Stroom Den Haag (2025), and the Munch Museum (2025).