Complaints Choir
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Complaints Choir is a community art project that invites people to sing about their complaints in a choir together with fellow complainers.
The first Complaints Choir was organized in
In 2006 in Singapore, a complaints choir that was to be in a festival was prohibited from performing by the government.[2] The Singapore government's Media Development Authority refused to issue a permit because some members of the choir were foreigners and some of the lyrics touched upon "domestic affairs".[2] Reuters quoted the festival organizer as saying, "Our conductor is Malaysian, so how could the choir go ahead without him?"[2]
The name 'Complaints Choir' is a literal translation of the long-established Finnish expression valituskuoro; English has the expression "a chorus of complaints".[citation needed]
One of the complaints mentioned in the Helsinki version was the fact that the Finns were always beaten by the Swedes in the Eurovision Song Contest. A few months later, Finland won the contest for the first time, with Sweden coming fifth.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Complaints Choir - Schott’s Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com
- ^ a b c "Singapore stops foreigners from singing complaints". Reuters. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
Bibliography
- The choir wants your complaint, BBC, 12 January 2006
- Complaints Choir complains to full house - Embrace your inner complainer!, Helsingin Sanomat, 27 March 2006
- Mika Hannula: The Art of Complaining, Kunstkritikk, 23 January 2006
- A Complaint Choir, Voicing Displeasure, NPR Weekend Edition, 6 January 2007
- Evgenia Ivanova: Musical moaning, The St. Petersburg Times, 22 September 2006
- "Wir kommen, um uns zu beschweren", ORF, June 19, 2006
- Patrick Cox: Complaints Choirs Worldwide, BBC World, December 12, 2006
- Julie Gregson: Complainers of the World Unite -- in Choirs, Deutsche Welle, June 1, 2007
- Martin Koch: Singende Nörgler, Deutschlandradio Kultur, April 4, 2007
- Lost & Found, published by S.M.A.K., Ghent, 2006, ISBN 90-75679-30-0
- John Bailey: It's sing when you're whining, The Age, June 3, 2007
- Peter Visnovitz: Megéneklik a mocskos buszt és a kutyaszart, Origo, March 5, 2007