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of her work that she has an untrained, average voice. Philipsz cannot read or write sheet music. She said: "Everyone can identify with a human voice. I think hearing an unaccompanied voice, especially an untrained one, even if it's singing a song you don't know, can trigger some really powerful memories and associations. If I'd gone to music school and had proper training, I would not be doing what I do today."
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award. In 2010, she won the prestigious Turner Prize for a sound installation that features her singing three versions of a Scottish lament. She received the £25,000 prize at a ceremony at Tate Britain that was disrupted by protests over the British Government's educational cuts. She was shortlisted
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Philipsz predominantly creates sound installations using recordings of her own voice that are played in specific geographical sites to "heighten the visitor's engagement with their surroundings while inspiring thoughtful introspection." Although Philipsz sings many of her works, it is a key element
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and grew up in Burma as a child. His family's life was "pulled apart by the war", and he came to the UK in his twenties. In her youth, Philipsz sang in the local Catholic church choir with her sisters where she learned to harmonize.
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concentration camp for musicians there. For her recording, Philipsz redacted the parts for all the instruments except one cello and one viola, leaving plangent silences between those two players' scattered notes.
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versions of songs which are replayed over a public address system in the gallery or other installation. She currently lives and works in
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In her 2003 work, "Sunset Song", she sings the male and female parts of the 19th-century American folk ballad "
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in the building's atrium. In addition to her MCA exhibition, she presented her 2002 work
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Her 1999 work "The Internationale" consists of a solo a cappella version of the
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, Out of Bounds: Susan Philipsz, September 2008
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in New York City. In 2016, her work, "Part File Score" was exhibited at the
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harbour, for Susan Philipsz's sound installation "The Distant Sound"
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for her 2009 piece, "You are not alone", commissioned for the
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Turner Prize 2010 winner Susan Philipsz talks about her work
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She was commissioned to create a work for the rotunda at the
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for a Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award that same year.
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Her 1998 work "Filter", consisting of versions of songs by
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The loudspeakers on the west breakwater at the entrance to
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draws from Chicago's labor history, specifically the 1886
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From 2000 to 2001, she was a Studio Artist Resident at
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. 2007 762:"55th Carnegie International: Susan Philipsz" 8: 1103: 1101: 232:, has been played at a bus station and at a 153:From 1989 to 1993, she studied sculpture at 1228:Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1139:(Supplement). 31 December 2013. p. 25. 630: 628: 583:"Susan Philipsz: Lament for a drowned love" 500:, TheGuardian.com; retrieved 11 April 2014. 345:in 2009. She gave a solo exhibition at the 576: 574: 561: 559: 557: 435:Officer of the Order of the British Empire 363:In 2011, Philipsz was commissioned by the 31: 900:, nytimes.com; accessed 10 December 2015. 734: 732: 514: 512: 510: 508: 506: 420:In 2003, Philipsz was nominated for the 463: 165:, where she studied from 1993 to 1994. 709:Griffin, Jonathan (June–August 2008). 975:. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 740:"Susan Philipsz: The Shortest Shadow" 315:Melbourne International Biennial 1999 265:In 2010, she was commissioned by the 7: 1055:"Resource Centre - Hirshhorn Museum" 1044:, moma.org; retrieved 10 April 2014. 204:Susan Philipsz - The Distant Sound. 155:Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 69:Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art 1193:21st-century Scottish women artists 1188:20th-century Scottish women artists 1080:"Carpet artist up for Beck's prize" 581:Higgins, Charlotte (4 April 2010). 365:Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1198:Alumni of the University of Dundee 994:Viera, Lauren (24 February 2011). 742:. Wexner Center for the Arts. 2009 662:"Turner Prize shortlist announced" 25: 1223:British women in electronic music 1213:British people of Burmese descent 1042:"Soundings: A Contemporary Score" 966:"Susan Philipsz: We Shall Be All" 874:Cain, Matthew (6 December 2010). 830:The song was actually a sailors' 805:Sherwin, Skye (30 October 2009). 398:In 2013 Philipsz was included in 393:University of Illinois at Chicago 1238:Scottish expatriates in Germany 1023:. Jane Addams Hull House Museum 898:"Did You Hear That? It Was Art" 401:Soundings: A Contemporary Score 377:Industrial Workers of the World 896:Blake Gopnik (1 August 2013), 764:. Carnegie Museum of Art. 2008 347:Institute of Contemporary Arts 313:Philipsz has exhibited at the 267:Glasgow International Festival 1: 1233:Scottish contemporary artists 996:"Sounding off on standing up" 635:Adams, Stephen (4 May 2010). 389:Jane Addams Hull House Museum 1159:, tate.org; 22 October 2010. 354:Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1203:Alumni of Ulster University 566:"Susan Philipsz: Biography" 52:Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland 1264: 538:; retrieved 11 April 2014. 522:; retrieved 11 April 2014. 690:. Biennale of Sydney 2008 341:in 2008, and at the 55th 279:Caledonian Railway Bridge 105: 91: 922:"Susan Philipsz profile" 838:vol. 31 (1 August 1868). 711:"Susan Philipsz profile" 688:"Susan Philipsz profile" 133:Early life and education 331:Triennal of British Art 1111:. 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Index

Philipsz
OBE
Turner Prize
a cappella
Berlin
Maryhill
Glasgow
Burmese
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
Dundee
University of Ulster
MoMA PS1
Eoghan McTigue

Ystad
Ystad
Nirvana
Marianne Faithfull
Radiohead
The Velvet Underground
Tesco
revolutionary song
Banks of the Ohio
vibraphone
Radcliffe Observatory
Glasgow International Festival
River Clyde
George V Bridge
Caledonian Railway Bridge
Glasgow Bridge

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