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News Release March 22, 2007 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania… British-born photographer and video artist Phil Collins brings parts one and two of his three-part video project the world won’t listen to Carnegie Museum of Art March 31–July 2, 2007. Filmed on location in Bogotá, Colombia, in 2004, el mundo no escuchará, and dünya dinlemiyor, shot in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2005, offer a series of tragicomic portraits of fans performing karaoke versions of tracks from the 1980s band The Smiths’ classic album of the same name. Collins advertised on the radio, in dance clubs, and on wheat-pasted posters distributed throughout each city for “the shy, the dissatisfied, narcissists, and anyone who’s ever wished they could be someone else for a night” to perform the decidedly melancholic and angst-ridden Smiths’ lyrics in front of generic, kitschy backdrops of nature scenes and faux-tropical islands. At once intimate and voyeuristic, exceedingly sincere and tragic-comic, the artist Collins invites viewers to identify with his subjects by invoking a cross-cultural community of people tied together by their love of The Smiths. “Phil Collins is an artist who brings an incredibly human quality to his work as he bridges the gap between art and popular culture,” said Douglas Fogle, Carnegie Museum of Art’s curator of contemporary art and organizer of the 2008 Carnegie International. “We are delighted to be able to host his work in Pittsburgh.” Collins (not to be confused with the British pop singer) works mainly in parts of the world experiencing social and political turmoil. In addition to the communities whose residents are featured in these videos, he has recruited collaborators for projects in Baghdad, Belfast, Ramallah, and Jakarta in the past five years. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2006, received the Paul Hamlyn Award in 2001, and the Absolut Prize in 2000. Artist Lecture: Phil Collins Phil Collins discusses his use of video to tap into the confessional impulse prevalent in today’s reality television audience. Mining the world of musical fandom, he travels to major cities throughout the world where he recruits and records volunteer karaoke performers singing the music of the British rock band The Smiths. This lecture is co-sponsored by the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon. After-Party at the Brillo Box Phil Collins and friends DJ at this popular Lawrenceville venue. Support Photos are available on Carnegie Museum of Art’s media photo website. Contact the communications office at 412.688.8690 or stitelert@carnegiemuseums.org for the access code. Carnegie Museum of Art Contact: |
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