MAM PROJECT IS A SERIES BY THE MORI ART MUSEUM TO SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS
The Helsinki-based artist unit Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen started the "Complaints Choir" series in Birmingham, United Kingdom, in 2005. After assembling a choir from the general public, they collected complaints and gripes from the choir members, arranged them to music, and then had them perform the pieces in a public space. Since then the project has been held in Helsinki, Hamburg, Pennsylvania, Melbourne, Singapore, Vancouver, Hong Kong and other locations around the world. And now, for the first time an official "Complaints Choir" - with the participation of the two artists - will be held in Japan and sung in Japanese as part of "MAM Project 010."

Complaints Choir of Helsinki 2006 Photo: Petri Summanen