KTV

KTV
Chinese karaoke for English speakers, 2007
video on 38inch plasma screen and photographs.

For the making of this piece I collaborated with the workers of the Beijing Chao Lai Wan Tong Market to create a video piece using elements found at the market.

First I conducted a survey in which I asked the workers of the market to vote for their favourite song. Next I obtained a promotional DVD disc that was used to demonstrate the qualities of television sets and DVD players sold at the market. I then used this video to make a music video for the most popular song chosen in the survey. Finally, I phonetically translated the lyrics of the selected song into English and Spanish versions.

The result is a karaoke styled music video that is a combination of popular, linguistic and political cross-pollination.