Right here, right now, 2003. Video, 26 min, showed as unending loop, although can be screened once. MADE BY GRAND ROYAL ART.
Thanks to: Hanne, Arne, Dang, Anne, Toril, Kaus, Ståle, Vilde, Heidi, Petra, Lars and Inge.
Showed at two occations, once in Kristinsand and once in Bergen. Originally made for the exhibition Tampa in Kristiansand during the music festival Quart. Alf Waage and Silje Heggren curated an exhibition for the festival in the town square. The setting was six 12 metres freight containers and Grand Royal Art had one to install "Right here, right now" in. The next time this video was showed was in the By the Way gallery in Bergen.
From the installation of "Right here, right now" in Kristiansand:
Thanks to Hallvard, Lars, Erlend and Ole.
Installation of containers in the town square really early in the morning of the opening. All the works had to be installed in something like 12 hours.
Johanna and Heidi laying the carpet with underfelt and all. Our good helpers Ole, Erlend and Lars.
They helped us rebuild the construction inside the container, which thanks to Hallvard was easy to put together.
Siri, Johanna and I am painting. Heidi is documenting. I am vacuuming, while Siri holds the light.
Siri, Heidi and I am struggeling with the back projection screen. Finished installation with entrance.
From the opening of the exhibition.
The containers from the outside. View from the entrance of our container.
This is how the video looked in the end, inside the container.
Press release for "Right here, right now", July 2003. Grand Roayl Art at the Quart festival in the exhibition Tampa:
From the outside a freight container can seem uninviting, but when you enter through the light lock created in Grand Royal Art's container you are transported to another place. At the far end of this tranquil and cool room you are confronted with a person. From the screen someone is looking at you for a long time, and then encouraging you to "just do it".
Grand Roayl Art is again refirng to popular culture to enhance their ideas. "Right here, right now" takes you away from the masses of the people outside for a moment and presents you with the opportunity to act on the encouragment, or not.
Norwegian version of the press release:
Fra utsiden kan containere være lite inviterende, men når du kommer gjennom lysslusen til Grand Royal Arts container befinner du deg i et annet rom. I enden av det rolige og svale rommet blir du konfrontert med en person. Fra lerretet ser noen lenge på deg, og oppfordrer deg til bare å gjøre det.
Grand Royal Art refererer igjen til populærkulturen for å formidle sine ideer. Right here, right now tar deg et øyeblikk bort fra folkemassen på utsiden og gir deg en mulighet til å følge oppfordringen, eller ikke.
"Right here, right now" in Bergen:
Press release for "Right here, right now", February 2004. Grand Royal Art at By the Way Gallery in Bergen:
Just do it.
The encouragment comes from Grand Royal Art's video installation Right here, right now. In the dark month of February the video portraits will follow you from the inside of the five windows of By the Way Gallery, in the crossroad Lars Hilles gate and Christies gate.
Grand Roayl Art is again refirng to popular culture to enhance their ideas. Right here, right now might take your attention away from the busy traffic and presents you with the opportunity to act on the encouragment, or not.
Norwegian version of the press release:
Bare gjør det.
Oppfordringen kommer fra Grand Royal Arts videoinnstallasjon Right here, right now. I februarmørket vil tretten videoportretter følge deg fra innsiden av de fem vinduene på galleri By the Way, i krysset Lars Hilles gate og Christies gate.
Grand Royal Art refererer igjen til populærkulturen for å formidle sine ideer. Right here, right now tar deg et øyeblikk bort fra trafikken på utsiden og gir deg en mulighet til å følge oppfordringen, eller ikke.