The Room - Randers, Denmark
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N 56° 27.535 E 010° 02.336
32V E 564024 N 6257641
Spændende gavlmaleri ved Randers Busterminal --- Exciting gable painting at Randers Bus Terminal
Waymark Code: WMJ5KP
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 09/28/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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THE ROOM
MICHAEL ISLING

Selv om jeg har boet det meste af mit liv i Randers, og kender byen ganske godt, var det først fornyligt jeg opdagede Michael Islings gavlmaleri ved Rutebilstationen. Jeg har set det mange gange, men uden rigtigt at se det. Det faldt på en eller anden måde bare sammen med omgivelserne og blev til en tilfældig "graffiti" jeg kun så ud af øjenkrogen i forbifarten. En dag opdagede jeg navnet "Michael Isling" og senere samme dag besøgte jeg kunstnerens hjemmeside. Hans beskrivelse af værket ændrede fuldstændigt mit syn på dette maleri. Som de fleste andre i Venteværelset var jeg blot på vej videre uden egentlig at bemærke noget som helst. Nu stoppede jeg istedet op, og for hver gang jeg stopper oplever jeg lidt mere af stedets atmosfære og liv... en stille stående tidslomme på det travle sted.

På kunstnerens hjemmeside - www.michaelisling.com - skriver han selv om The Room:

The room er titlen på et stort gavlmaleri, jeg har lavet ved Randers busterminal. Det forestiller terminalens venteværelse, som er i samme bygning. Det er malet som man ville se rummet, hvis væggen var gennemsigtig. På den måde kommer maleriet til at virke som en portal mellem de to verdener – inde og ude. I min søgen efter venteværelsets "karakter" har jeg fra tidlig morgen til sen aften opholdt mig i rummet. Dette non-space er for nogle ikke en transit station. En lille gruppe mennesker mødes hver dag i disse trøstesløse omgivelser for at være sammen med andre mennesker.

Det er mit håb at denne "portal" vil gøre folk på gaden opmærksom på rummets karakter og at den får personerne i rummet til at "kigge ud".

Jeg ønsker ikke at definere hverken for eller imod, men håber at åbne folks øjne så de selv kan tage stilling, og derigennem måske ændre deres hverdag, hvis det fører til noget bedre.

THE ROOM
MICHAEL ISLING

Although I have lived most of my life in Randers, and know the city pretty well, it was only recently I discovered Michael Islings gable painting by the bus terminal. I've seen it many times, but without really seeing it. Somehow it just blended with the environment and became a random "graffiti" I just noticed out the corner of my eye passing by. One day I discovered the name "Michael Isling" and later that day I visited the artist's website. His description of the work completely changed my view on this painting. Like most others in the waiting room, I was just moving on without really noticing anything. Now I stopped, and every time I stop, I experience a little more of the atmosphere and life ... a stationary time warp on a busy place.

On the artist's website - www.michaelisling.com - he writes about The Room:

The room is the title of a large wall painting I have painted on the central bus terminal in the town of Randers. It portrays the waiting room of the terminal, situated in the very same building. It is painted as one would see the room if the wall had been transparent. In this way the painting is a portal between two worlds – the outside and the inside. In my search for the “character” of the waiting room I have spent several days in the room. For some people this non space is not a station of arrival and departure. A small group of people meet everyday in this sad environment just to spend time together.

It is my hope that this portal on the one hand will make people in the street aware of the character of the waiting room and on the other hand will make people in the waiting room curious of the world outside.

It is not my intention to judge people using the waiting room as a place for social interaction but to open their eyes so perhaps they take a stand and change their lives – if they feel that it will lead to something better.

City: Randers

Location Name: Randers Busterminal

Artist: Michael Isling

Date: 2005

Media: Mortar

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