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Articles by: Lawrence English

What’s an LRAD? Explaining the ‘sonic weapons’ police use for crowd control and communication

24th February 2022

Lawrence English, Research Fellow, Griffith University

FEATURE: A Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) was used by ACT officers in Canberra last week as part of the policing operation dealing with vaccine mandate protests, prompting a range of concerns and claims about the damage done by the device; composer, artist and sonic expert Lawrence English, a Research Fellow at Queensland’s Griffith University, explains the workings and limitations of LRADs.

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Lawrence English
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Lawrence English is a composer, artist, curator, and Research Fellow at Griffith University, based in Brisbane. Working across an array of aesthetic investigations, English’s work explores the politics of perception and prompts questions of field, agency and memory. English utilises a variety of approaches including visceral live performance and installation to create works that ask audiences to consider the relationship to space, place and experiential embodiment. He writes on issues relating to sonic affect and the changing face of sound and listening in the 21st century.