1. Karaoke Court Coat of Arms, Institute of Contemporary Arts (Singpaore, 2015)
Karaoke Court by Jack Tan

2. About
• An evening performance and arbitration conceived by artist, Jack
Tan. Presented as part of his exhibition How to do things with rules,
the performance features local participants performing their own
versions of songs in order to resolve neighbor, friend or family
disputes. Overseen by a real-life lawyer and arbitrator, the
performance also invites audience members to judge which
participant should win for each case.

3. Jack Tan

4. List of cases and litigans

6. Jury voting card

7. Case 1: piano teacher and piano student

8. Client: Fran-Ho
A piano teacher, wants her daughter to
practice piano daily while students only
wishes to practice 3-4 times per week.

9. Case 2: band manager and member

10. Client: Olivia Kwok
A piano teacher, wants her daughter to
practice piano daily while students only
wishes to practice 3-4 times per week.

11. Case 3: contemporary art and traditional art

12. Client: Mary He
Mary He is modern, moving forward wants
to include contemporary music into classes,
whereas Mary Qiu prefers traditional music
and only wishes to practice traditional music.

13. Case 4: curfew issue

14. Client: Pamela Ng
Pamela Ng likes to party and hang out with
friends till late, but her mum, Pauline Ng,
wishes her to come back before midnight.

15. Case 5: Cold weather and Warm weather

16. Client: Emilee
Emilee wants to visit a tropical climate area
while her friend, Fiona wants to visit a
country that has cold weather for their
upcoming holiday trip

17. Case 6: Jazz music and Pop music

18. Client: Nicole
Nicole loves jazz music while Gregory loves
pop music. Who will be able to convince each
other to try out their favourite music over the
dispute?