This is a sonic art work exploring the sound and social dynamics of the 2020 summer of Black Lives Matter protests. In the midst of a global pandemic, after the murder of 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.

The protests were marked by call and response chants. Thousands of people calling for the remembrance of names, for justice, for reforms to policing.

No Peace uses our digital portal to the rest of society to initiate these calls. It 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 ultimate response is beyond your control. Behind the scenes, the system is controlling its spread – limiting or encouraging the reaction over the course of the performance.

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.

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

Are we content with the justice achieved?

No Justice?