TAXI
Egle Budvytyte, Erik Bunger, Jakup Ferri, Bruno Muzzolini, Christopher Milne, Ferhat Özgür, Steve Piccolo, Anri Sala, Bert Theis, Shingo Yoshida, Fani Zguro
National Gallery of Arts, Tirana
From May 31, 2014
Permanent installation
National Gallery of Arts in Tirana presents “Taxi”, a sound specific project with the participation of Egle Budvytyte, Erik Bunger, Jakup Ferri, Bruno Muzzolini, Christopher Milne, Ferhat Ozgur, Steve Piccolo, Anri Sala, Bert Theis, Shingo Yoshida and Fani Zguro. Each artist was inviting to propose a sound piece for TAXI in Tirana City. “Taxi” is a project than begins from Anri Sala’s site specific “No Formula One No Cry” which consists in the realization of a soundtrack, where the noise that the Formula One cars makes is played along street dogs barking. The presentation of Sala’s soundtrack is done in different taxies around the world, from Frankfurt to Miami... The project is being documented with the help of visiting cards, which help establish direct contact with the taxi driver. Anyone interested can order the cab under his mobile number and ask the taxi driver to turn on the sound project for the duration of the trip.
Image: Anri Sala, No Formula One No Cry, sound, 03’ 36’’, 2002, courtesy of the artist and Chantal Crousel Paris
Special thanks to Artan Shabani, Anri Sala
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