THE WORLD WON'T LISTEN
Carnegie Museum of Art
March 31, 2007 - July 2, 2007

Filmed on location in Bogot�, Colombia, in 2004, el mundo no escuchar�, and d�nya dinlemiyor, shot in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2005, offer a series of tragicomic portraits of fans performing karaoke versions of tracks from the 1980s band The Smiths' classic album of the same name.

Collins advertised on the radio, in dance clubs, and on wheat-pasted posters distributed throughout each city for "the shy, the dissatisfied, narcissists, and anyone who's ever wished they could be someone else for a night" to perform the decidedly melancholic and angst-ridden Smiths' lyrics in front of generic, kitschy backdrops of nature scenes and faux-tropical islands. (From the Carnegie Museum of Art's website)