Songs sung in the first person on themes of longing

An untrained voice singing love songs in the park. Doesn’t that feel intimate? It’s like hearing someone who thinks she is all by herself. 

Susan Philipsz, a is Scottish artist based in Berlin works with spaces, narrative and sounds. In 2010 she won the Turner Prize, it was the first time a sound work was nominated.

Susan is interested in how sound can trigger memory and emotions. ‘Sound is materially invisible but very visceral and emotive. It can define a space at the same time as it triggers a memory.’

This particular work of the LAM collection has been recorded in a public space. Any idea where? She was singing through the public address system of a Tesco supermarket. The songs are about desires. 

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