Artist Phil Collins's sound piece brings Scritti Politti—and Cologne’s homeless—to Cleveland

UK artist Phil Collins’s sound installation, which will be on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland next month (7 October-28 January 2018), brings together leading musicians and less fortunate individuals. Music stars such as Scritti Politti, Damon & Naomi, and David Sylvian have turned the words and thoughts of homeless people staying at a shelter in Cologne, Germany, into new songs (a phone booth was installed at the shelter; the residents’ phone calls were recorded, kept anonymous and used by the musicians). The resulting compositions, captured on 7” vinyl recordings, can be heard in six listening booths. “Touching on the transformative power of music, Collins’s installation resonates with Cleveland’s well-known music scene, as well as the city’s deep struggle with poverty and homelessness,” a press statement says. Incidentally, Collins’s work goes by the (rather unwieldy) title: my heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught.