Work song call for participants in London

call for participants

‘work song ‘workshop @ Primo Alonso Gallery

What is work song for you?

Ancient people will create their own work songs to get them through their labour which was often imposed. Nowadays work song could refer to the music one listens to while at work. Whatever your interpretation of it we will like to hear from you.

If you tell us what your work is and what you sing (or perform in any other way: hum, whistle, tap, etc) or listen to while working, the artists in residency, Taryn Takahashi and Hyo Myoung Kim, at Gallery Primo Alonso will make works based on your work song during the residency period in August 2009. We will share the resulting works along with the information of the origin of the works in the commencing exhibition in September and the online space specially constructed for the project.

You can visit us at Gallery Primo Alonso during the weekends in August from 12pm–5pm or weekdays by appointment. You can perform your interpretation of work song live, to be recorded if you wish. You can also send a recording via email or share the link through media sharing sites such as Youtube that we can access freely.

Information to be included along the work:

Name (real, pseudonym, or remain anonymous):

What is your work?

What song do you sing when you work or what song or music do you listen to when you work (referred to as "work song")?

How does your work song affect you and your work?

Please do not provide us any information, performance, file, or any other material that you don't want us to include in the exhibition which will be accessible publicly at the Gallery and/or online space.

You and other people will be able to download, share and enjoy the original recordings and digital version of the work the artists make as a response from the work song and information you have provided. The works will also be accessible at Primo Alonso Gallery throughout September.

Please fill in the following information and send it to artist@primoalonso.com

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