Yeah! I stayed in there a few hours and sang all the songs!
Phil Collins’ The World Won’t Listen at SFMOMA
It features young Turkish and Columbian fans of The Smiths performing karaoke versions of Smiths songs.
“the shy, the dissatisfied, and the narcissistic, come and have their chance to shine,”
minimal edits, allowing the alternately awkward, disturbing, touching, and hilarious moments to unfold in real time
filled with curiosity, sincerity and emotional investment
use pop culture toward their own ends, in their own idiosyncratic ways
What I like about this guy: He
• makes video art, often featuring teenagers from Palestine, Kosovo, Colombia, Iraq, Serbia, and Northern Ireland.• balances War and Loss with a strong element of humour and energy.
• is making a documentary about people whose lives have been ruined by reality TV.
• filmed a disco dance marathon with nine Palestinians that is energetic, amusing, beguiling and moving, ( the dancing interrupted only by the call to prayer from a nearby mosque, power cuts, and technical problems. )
Collins says
“A camera brings interested parties together. It attracts and repels according to circumstance or whim. A camera makes me interested in you and you maybe interested in me. In this sense, it’s all about love. And exploitation. You could say that [this work] is driven by an emotional relationship with the subjects, rather than the rational or sensational standards of journalism, which also inhabit these territories.”
