“Heaven and Ocean” or “Himmel og Hav” in Norwegian, is an expression meaning “everything you find in between”. Here on the base floor the youngest kids, from preschool to elementary school, have their classrooms. I started out with a circle of pulppaintings made at Awagami Factory, Japan, and continued with painting and drawing directly on the beautiful concrete walls. See a timelapse video about the process her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEHBsK1KnT4
More about this specific artwork: https://roligheden.skole.arendal.no/index.php?pageID=239
Watch the presentation of all public commissions at Roligheden School here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylxqRiFCqow&feature=emb_logo
Photo credit: Stian Foss and Bendik Vatne
