Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen
28 Nov 2009 - 28 Feb 2010
TELLERVO KALLEINEN AND OLIVER KOCHTA-KALLEINEN
Calling for members of the "Complaints Choir"!
November 28, 2009 - February 28, 2010
Unspoken anxieties hang heavily over contemporary society: What does the future hold? When will politics gain some transparency? Another common anxiety is not knowing how to express your anxieties! Now there is an art project, "Complaints Choir," which promises to turn all this negative energy into positive energy through the medium of song. If you've got a complaint and you'd like to sing out loud about it, now is the time to join up.
"Complaints Choir," was launched in 2005 in Birmingham, England, by Helsinki-based artists Tellervo Kalleinen (born 1975, Lohja, Finland) and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (born 1971, Dresden, former East Germany.) Since then it has been held in many cities around the world. It works something like this: The artists visit a city and invite people to complain as much as they like and to sing about their complaints with other complainers in a choir. The choir members decide collectively on the lyrics for the song which is composed by a local musician who arranges those complaints with a rousing piece of music, and then, after several rehearsals, present the song in a public location.
Now this is going to be the very first official “Complaints Choir” in Japan, held with participation of the artists themselves. We invite you to take this opportunity to get involved and share your gripes with the world.
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Academyhills
Calling for members of the "Complaints Choir"!
November 28, 2009 - February 28, 2010
Unspoken anxieties hang heavily over contemporary society: What does the future hold? When will politics gain some transparency? Another common anxiety is not knowing how to express your anxieties! Now there is an art project, "Complaints Choir," which promises to turn all this negative energy into positive energy through the medium of song. If you've got a complaint and you'd like to sing out loud about it, now is the time to join up.
"Complaints Choir," was launched in 2005 in Birmingham, England, by Helsinki-based artists Tellervo Kalleinen (born 1975, Lohja, Finland) and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (born 1971, Dresden, former East Germany.) Since then it has been held in many cities around the world. It works something like this: The artists visit a city and invite people to complain as much as they like and to sing about their complaints with other complainers in a choir. The choir members decide collectively on the lyrics for the song which is composed by a local musician who arranges those complaints with a rousing piece of music, and then, after several rehearsals, present the song in a public location.
Now this is going to be the very first official “Complaints Choir” in Japan, held with participation of the artists themselves. We invite you to take this opportunity to get involved and share your gripes with the world.
Organizers: Mori Art Museum, Academyhills