Chicago Boys on Tour in the Netherlands (2011)

Commissioned by:
Casco - Office for Art, Design and Theory,
Utrecht, The Netherlands

Produced by: Persistent Vision

Camera: Jonathan Massey, Moira van Dijk
Editing: Marco Coletta
Extra footage by Elvin Flamingo

Chicago Boys participants in order of storytelling in the film:
Hiwa K
Amal Khalaf
Abbas Nokhasteh
Yolande van der Heide
Martijn Haan
Helene Kazan
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Taf Hassam
Sander Linders
Elvin Flamingo
Chris Lee
Binna Choi

Invited guests from open rehearsals & study sessions
Casco, 1 March 2011:
Sweder van Wijnbergen, professor at Amsterdam School of Economics
Kees Hudig, Alterglobalisation Activist

Other Chicago Boys participants who joined the tour in the Netherlands:
Nada Chourbaji
Rich Hall
Joan Rauf
Lona Rauf
Seungyong Moon
Alexandros Papamarkou
Shimon Sakakibara
Constança Saraiva

List of songs in order of appearance in the film:

"Zor Qzhi Zerd" (زۆر قژی زە رد)
Slemany's University Band (Kurdish) North Iraq

"Talag" (طلاق)
Googoosh from Iran

"Nime Gum Shude" (نیمه گمشده)
Googoosh from Iran

"Do You Love Me"
Bendaly Family from Lebanon

"Waarom Huil Je Toch, Nona Manis?"
The Blue Diamond from the Netherlands/Indonesia

"Na EoTeoke" (나 어떻해)
Sand Pebbles from South Korea

"Kryzysowa Narzeczona"
Lady Pank from Poland

This film is produced on the occasion of:
'Chicago Boys, While We Were Singing, They Were Dreaming' on tour in the Netherlands (22 Feb --17 Apr 2011)

co-organised by:
Casco - Office for Art, Design and Theory
and
If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want to be Part of Your Revolution

in collaboration with: Dutch Art Institute / ArtEZ

'Chicago Boys, While We Were Singing, They Were Dreaming' is an ongoing project initiated and conceived as a 1970s cover band and neo-liberalism study group by the Kurdish Iraqi artist Hiwa K. It was first developed at Centre for Possible Studies, The Serpentine Gallery's Edgware Road Project in London.

Thanks to:
Giles Bailey
Frederique Bergholtz
Sara Carels
Sofia Evans
Janna Graham
Hyojin Ham
Cindy van Rooijen
Gabriëlle Schleijpen
Maiko Tanaka
Martin van Bladel
Ali Authman
Sanne Oorthuizen
Naza Kader
Bland Mahdi
Intercultureel Theehuis in Utrecht
Odd Fellowhuis in Enschede

This film is made possible with financial support of:
Mondriaan Foundation
and
City Council of Utrecht

More information: www.cascoprojects.org

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Tags:

• Chicago
• Boys;
• Netherlands;
• Casco;