For the exhibition at Marabouparken, DAI project leader Phil Collins will present his acclaimed three-part video installation the world won´t listen. Filmed in Colombia, Turkey and Indonesia, the trilogy features fans of the influential indie-rock band The Smiths performing karaoke versions of tracks from their 1987 compilation album of the same name.

Collins first began work on the world won´t listen in 2004 in Bogotá, where he re-recorded the album note for note with local musicians and created a fully functioning karaoke machine. The second part took place in Istanbul in 2005 and was included in the 9th International Istanbul Biennial. The final part was filmed in 2007 in Jakarta and Bandung, the hotbeds of a flowering Indonesian rock-scene. Out of hundreds of takes from each country,

Collins re-assembled the world won´t listen in its original running order, thus creating a collection of `video-albums.´ A tender, humorous, and occasionally heartbreaking portrait of humanity, the work is a study on the mediation and strength of popular culture´s global reach. the world won´t listen is in many ways representative of both the rigour and sensitivity that characterise Collins´ artistic method, offering a poignant look at one´s desires and struggle for individual expression or, as the artist has said, at `the sweet agony of self-fulfilment and self-limitation.´

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