A Song to Change the World
Jason Maling & Song-Ming Ang
World Premiere
Presented by Arts House for Festival of Live Art
Launch Event:
8.30pm, Wed 14 Mar
The Song:
4.30pm, Sun 25 Mar
FREE
Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne
A Song to Change the World is a participatory art work where participants are invited to help make a song that will change the world through an open workshop. Sign up here.
Warning:
May include coarse language
Accessibility:
Wheelchair Accessible
Artist Statement:
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A public program, a social question, and a band continually reinventing itself, A Song to Change the World takes on the perpetual performance of the impossible. Using whatever strategies and approaches are at hand, it tries to answer the seemingly simple yet fiendishly complex question: What would that song be?
With earnest ambition constantly thwarted by ever-expanding possibilities, Maling and Ang are not deterred. Resisting the pressure, they embrace doubt and offer it as a solution. But how?
Lists, lots of lists. Lots of YouTube watching. Some drawing. Definitely t-shirts, stickers, posters. If they’re feeling brave, some playing of instruments but probably minimal singing. Most likely they’ll find other people to do that. Oh, and PowerPoint presentations, because they make things feel important.
World Premiere
Presented by Arts House for Festival of Live Art
Launch Event:
8.30pm, Wed 14 Mar
The Song:
4.30pm, Sun 25 Mar
FREE
Arts House
North Melbourne Town Hall
521 Queensberry St,
North Melbourne
Creators & Performers:
Jason Maling & Song-Ming Ang
Additional Performers:
Luna Mrozik Gawler, Imogen Newhouse &Christopher Brown
Image by – Jason Maling & Song-Ming Ang