Complaints Choir

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 Birmingham (UK) in 2005, followed by the Complaints Choirs of Helsinki, Hamburg and St. Petersburg in 2006. The project was initiated by artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. A video installation consisting of the documentation of the public performances of the four choirs were shown at Kiasma (Helsinki, Finland), S.M.A.K. (Ghent, Belgium) and Museum Fridericianium Kassel (Germany) among other venues. When the video clips of the choirs were distributed through online magazines and video sharing websites, the idea spread quickly to many other countries. To date additional Complaints Choirs have been organized in Bodø (Norway), Poikkilaakso primary school (Helsinki, Finland), Budapest (Hungary), Chicago (Illinois, United States), Juneau (Alaska), Gabriola Island (Canada), Melbourne (Australia), Jerusalem (Israel), Singapore, Breslau (Poland), Hong Kong, Philadelphia, Enschede in The Netherlands (as part of its international Grenswerk art festival) in the Netherlands and and Tokyo (Japan).^[1]

Trivia

The name 'Complaints Choir' is a literal translation of the long-established Finnish expression valituskuoro; English has the expression "a chorus of complaints".

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.

References

1. ^ Complaints Choir - Schott’s Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com

• The choir wants your complaint, BBC, January 12, 2006
• Complaints Choir complains to full house - Embrace your inner complainer!, Helsingin Sanomat, March 27, 2006
• Mika Hannula: The Art of Complaining, Kunstkritikk, January 23, 2006
• A Complaint Choir, Voicing Displeasure, NPR Weekend Edition, January 6, 2007
• Evgenia Ivanova: Musical moaning, The St. Petersburg Times, September 22, 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 90-7567-930-0
• 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

External links

• Complaints Choirs Worldwide

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