As an closing event for his “my heart’s in my hand…” installation at HAU2, Glaswegian video artists Phil Collins has invited Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier, Demdike Stare and Heroin In Tahiti to perform special live sets. On top of this Mogwai’s Barry Burns will deliver a DJ set. The installation itself is free entry and starts on the 18th of March.
Developed in 2013 as a collaboration with GULLIVER survival station for the homeless in Cologne and a number of international musicians, Phil Collin’s installation “my heart’s in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand’s in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught” returns to HAU. Shady Lane Productions and Nero are releasing a double 12” album which collects thirteen tracks by acts such as Scritti Politti, David Sylvian, Planningtorock, and Julia Hummer. A benefit evening brings together a number of bands connected to the project.
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For this project Phil Collins collaborated with guests of GULLIVER survival station for the homeless located in the centre of Cologne. There, he installed a phone booth with a free line that anyone could use for unlimited local and international calls on the agreement that the conversations would be recorded and anonymised. The selected material was posted to a group of international musicians, serving as the starting point for original new songs presented as 7” vinyl records in specially designed listening booths which overlooked the city’s central station.
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The project includes contributions by legendary figures such as Scirtti Politti, David Sylvian, Lætitia Sadier and Damon & Naomi, the trailblazing experimental and indie acts (Demdike Stare, Planningtorock, Maria Minerva, Heroin In Tahiti, Pye Corner Audio, Peaking Lights), local heroes across different generations (Elektronische Musik aus: Köln, Pluramon, Cologne Tape), and a special guest turn from the original German superstar Julia Hummer.
my heart’s in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand’s in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught is a headfirst dive into a city, tuning in to its many unheard stories. Having worked for a homeless magazine in the 1990s, Collins has a long-standing interest in issues relating to these communities. Bringing to the fore the lyrical and narrative potential of the human voice when it stands in for those subjects of city life who are purposefully ignored and routinely overlooked, he dramatises the moment of communication as an emotional and ambivalent exchange. The work was produced for and first presented at the solo exhibition “In Every Dream Home A Heartache” at Museum Ludwig in Cologne in 2013.
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On 5 January 2001, GULLIVER, a survival centre that supports homeless people, opened in a railway arch under the Hohenzollern Bridge, in the immediate vicinity of Cologne main station, the banks of the Rhine and the old town. GULLIVER, which is the first example of an institution of its kind in Germany, provides a service for its visitors that stands out due to extended opening times, from early morning to late at night and over the weekend. To safeguard the survival of people living on the streets, GULLIVER offers a range of physical and psychological care: personal hygiene (showers and toilets), a day dormitory, washing machine and dryer, wardrobe facilities, hairdressing, battery charging station, postal address service, breakfast and evening meals, various snacks in the cafeteria, an info centre and job exchange, internet use, advice and group services, and regular art exhibitions and cultural events.
Phil Collins, Laetitia Sadier, Demdike Stare & Heroin In Tahiti LIVE
DJ Barry Burns (Mogwai)
Saturday, 18th April 2015 | 20:00 CET
HAU 2 | Hallesches Ufer 32 | 10963 Berlin/Kreuzberg
