Please join our host Alhena Katsof and curator Claire Jackson to view and discuss Phil Collins’ current solo exhibition, the world wont listen at Tramway.
Phil Collins uses video and photography to negotiate problems of representation by underlining the complex and unpredictable transferences that occur between the producer, the subject and the viewer. He often works in socially and politically contested regions, employing elements of popular culture, low-budget television and reportage-style documentary to articulate a form of critical proximity to contemporary media – both a fascination with and wariness of the ways in which they structure the lived experience itself.
For the exhibition at Tramway, Collins will present the European premiere of 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. The work has been generously loaned to Tramway by the Dallas Museum of Art, where it premiered in November 2007.
