art.description.project	I was invited by artist Nicolas W. Hughes – at the time curator in residency at Galleri WendA – to create an artwork with context-‐ responsive towards the city of Halden, Østfold, Norway – initiating part of his curatorial programme in the gallery. Coming from a patriotic culture like Brazil – where one used to be brought up singing Brazil’s national anthem at school, or at home when watching Brazil’s national football team playing on the television – I am specially intrigued by what singing one’s national anthem or song, might constitute in the formation of one’s identity and (mis)conceptions on patriotism and nationalism. Following this idea – in one of the project’s initial moment – I was looking for people who had migrated to Halden and would possibly like to sing their national anthem or song during Norway’s national day (17 May) while they would have their portrait taken. Could there be room for the singing of another song or anthem during such patriotic day? Could practices of assimilation be paused while one is encouraged to dwell on his/her pluriversality? Could difference be accepted? And documented? These were some of the questions adjoining and informing the concept. Unfortunately this situation was not fulfilled since there were no participants on Sunday 17 May 2015, at gallery and no booked spots either through my website and other proposed channels. The small center of Halden was crowded with Norwegians and new-‐Norwegians singing and dancing to Nordic songs while proudly wearing traditional costumes. Meanwhile, as a conceptual gesture I decided to step in front of the camera and document myself singing the Brazilian national anthem. Only then to realise a great part of it had already gone from memory, exposing through practice truer notions on transformation on one’s own identity through assimilation. The video documentation was later followed by the production of other artworks: a wallpaper based on image-‐googled research material with keywords such as chameleonism, anthropophagy, Sápmi, Saminess, Norwegian nationalism and anthem; a A3-‐sized laser print depicting the local newspaper interview with me entitled ‘Brasilianske Kjell søker deg’ (The Brazilian Kjell is looking for you), made to promote the situation on 17 May; and six 32 x 45cm laser prints made from a found and appropriated experimental social psychology journal article on ‘cultural chameleons and iconoclasts’ by Aurelia Mok and Michael W. Morris. They were shown in an exhibition in Gallery WendA that opened during the local Kulturnatt (Culture night) on 18 September and ran until 17 October. The project was supported by Galleri Wenda, Nordic Baltic Mobility Programme and Arts Council Norway.	sv
art.description.summary	‘I Want to Sing My Song’ was the title of a solo exhibition held at Galleri WendA in Halden (NO), from 18 September–17 October 2015.	sv
art.description.supportedBy	Nordic Baltic Mobility Programme, Arts Council Norway and Galleri WendA.	sv
art.relation.publishedIn	GalleryWendA, Halden (NO).	sv
art.relation.uri	http://www.kjellcaminha.com/singmysong.html	sv
art.relation.uri	http://www.ha-‐halden.no/kjell-‐caminha/galleri-‐	sv
art.relation.uri	wenda/kultur/brasilianske-‐kjell-‐soker-‐deg/s/5-‐20-‐55653	sv
art.typeOfWork	Solo Exhibition	sv
dc.contributor.creator	Caminha, Kjell
dc.date.accessioned	2016-01-05T11:39:40Z
dc.date.available	2016-01-05T11:39:40Z
dc.date.issued	2015-05-17
dc.description	I was invited by artist Nicolas W. Hughes – at the time curator in residency at Galleri WendA – to create an artwork with context-‐ responsive towards the city of Halden, Østfold, Norway – initiating part of his curatorial programme in the gallery. Coming from a patriotic culture like Brazil – where one used to be brought up singing Brazil’s national anthem at school, or at home when watching Brazil’s national football team playing on the television – I am specially intrigued by what singing one’s national anthem or song, might constitute in the formation of one’s identity and (mis)conceptions on patriotism and nationalism. Following this idea – in one of the project’s initial moment – I was looking for people who had migrated to Halden and would possibly like to sing their national anthem or song during Norway’s national day (17 May) while they would have their portrait taken. Could there be room for the singing of another song or anthem during such patriotic day? Could practices of assimilation be paused while one is encouraged to dwell on his/her pluriversality? Could difference be accepted? And documented? These were some of the questions adjoining and informing the concept. Unfortunately this situation was not fulfilled since there were no participants on Sunday 17 May 2015, at gallery and no booked spots either through my website and other proposed channels. The small center of Halden was crowded with Norwegians and new-‐Norwegians singing and dancing to Nordic songs while proudly wearing traditional costumes. Meanwhile, as a conceptual gesture I decided to step in front of the camera and document myself singing the Brazilian national anthem. Only then to realise a great part of it had already gone from memory, exposing through practice truer notions on transformation on one’s own identity through assimilation.	sv
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/41406
dc.language.iso	eng	sv
dc.subject	Identity	sv
dc.subject	Nationalism	sv
dc.subject	Pluriversality	sv
dc.subject	Assimilation	sv
dc.subject	Migrant knowledge	sv
dc.subject	Decoloniality	sv
dc.subject	Occupancy	sv
dc.title	I Want to Sing My Song	sv
dc.type.svep	artistic work

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