Enter Tina Turner

Lerviks Marcus

A two-part interactive installation. Ten 150W bulbs are placed on the floor or wall with a microphone connected to an amplifier, the viewer is invited to assume centre-stage and step up to the microphone. Speaking or singing into the microphone turns the sound system on, as the volume increases so does the intensity of the light. The video opposite shows an attempt to enter a Tina Turner concert in Helsinki. The viewer can barely glimpse her through the fences and security, but she can be heard faintly in the distance.

Production Year
2002
Duration
00:06:38
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Enter Tina Turner
Finnish Title
Enter Tina Turner
English Title
Enter Tina Turner
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
Yes
Cast
Marcus Lerviks (Author)
Press Photos
Marcus Lerviks lives and works in Vaasa, Finland. He holds MFAdegree from the University of Art and Design Helsinki. His works are typically installations employing video, spatial elements, lights and sound, and they often have a performative dimension. Lerviks has exhibited his works in exhibitions since 1994 in Finland and internationally, including Galleri Maskinen in Umeå, Sweden (2012), Galleri Elverket in Tammisaari, Finland (2009), Vaasa City Art Gallery, Finland (2004, 2006, 2010), Kunsthalle Helsinki (2005), Gallery Sinne in Helsinki (2005), Helsinki Art Museum (2005) and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2004).