This is a sonic art work exploring the sound and social dynamics of summer 2020 – the Black Lives Matter protests.

In the midst of a global pandemic, after the murder of Ahmad Arbury, George Floyd, and Brionna Taylor following years of highly visible oppression of Black citizens of the United States, main streets around the world filled with voices calling for change.

Sonically, the protests were marked by call and response chants. Historically, a strategy for black americans to acknowledge their shared oppression, speak to and resist that oppression.

Thousands of people calling for the remembrance of names, for justice, for reforms to policing.

No Peace uses mobile phones, our digital portal to the rest of society, to initiate these calls. The phone is also listening for the call of others and when detected, automatically responds.

Although you are given the limited ability to initiate a call for social action, the reception and ultimate response is beyond your control. Behind the scenes, the system is programmed to control its spread – limiting or encouraging the reaction over the course of the event.

Over the years since the protest, very little has changed. Incremental steps in legislation and social action have been met with deflection and counter-action. White backlash is and has been the response to anyone naming "Black Lives Matter."

Where does this leave the possibility for social change? How should we consider the outcome of this summer of protests?

Are you content with the justice achieved?

No Justice?

No Peace...