I Hear the Old Sound of The World’s Future
Mohamed-Ali Ltaief
Exhibition and research project

The Kamel Lazaar Foundation is pleased to present the exhibition “I Hear The Old Sound of The World’s Future” by Berlin-based Tunisian artist Mohamed-Ali Ltaief at B7L9 Art Centre.

The exhibition considers the profound connections between sound, memory, and histories by revisiting early 20th-century North African sonic archives and listening to the stories they hold.

Through his research, Ltaief investigates colonial-era sound recordings produced by the Prussian Phonographic Commission between 1915 and 1918. These archives contain the vocal recordings of North African prisoners held in German war camps. Today, these sound collections are stored across institutions such as the SMB museums in Berlin and Ennejma Ezzahra in Tunis and in different counter-archives. By returning to these fragmented archives and the lives behind them, the artist foregrounds overlooked histories and voices.

The exhibition engages a multi-channel video installation, giving space for sound to become spatial, visual, and performative, opening new ways of entangling with these testimonies.

The opening will take place on Friday, April 24, at 6:00 PM, and the exhibition will run until July 5, 2026.

"I Hear The Old Sound of The World’s Future" invites the audience to listen differently, recognizing how sound carries memory through time and continues to echo today.