Title: Caught Up

Date: 2012

Medium: Sound recording

Artist: Janette Parris, Tariq Alvi and Chris Gregory

Exhibition: Changeable Conditions, 2012

Caught Up an opera-concept: Tariq Alvi and Janette Parris
Lyrics: Janette Parris
Music: Chris Gregory
Exhibition soundtrack:
Why Don't I Smile, 2012, duration 3:16, vocals: Geebs
Fun, duration 3:06, vocals: Stephanie Gunner 
By Your Side, duration 3:14, vocals Gemskii

From press release:

Janette Parris and Tariq Alvi and Chris Gregory

Caught Up, 2012 Concept Janette Parris & Tariq Alvi

Caught Up is a contemporary opera and is a collaboration between visual artists Janette Parris & Tariq Alvi and musician Chris Gregory. The opera tackles issues such as inequality, the disenfranchised, the dynamics of groups and uses as its backdrop the recent English civil unrest.

From the artist:

Caught Up is a contemporary opera and is a collaboration between visual artists Janette Parris, Tariq Alvi and composer Chris Gregory. The opera uses gallows humour to tackle issues such as inequality, the disenfranchised, the group mentality and how a split second decision can determine the rest of your life. It uses as its backdrop the recent English urban riots. 

For the contribution to Changeable Conditions the technology consisted of a simple ipod and earphones, but ultimately with the project we were trying to explore the language of opera - tragedy, narrative, fiction, and spectacle.

Website:

http://www.tariqalvi.com/

Instagram:

@janetteparris