It runs in the Neighbourhood
Duration: 01.05.2008 – 17.10.2008
Location: Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger
Participants: Employees of the hospital
Visitors: Employees and patients of the hospital.
Number of Events: 6
Neighbourhood Secrets was an international art project in the public space as part of Stavaner 2008 Capital of Culture. Eight strong international artists from four corners of the world have been in close contact with eight places in Stavanger and Sandnes over a period of one and a half year. These sites have been selected by the local population, to represent the most important places in the Capital of Culture.
Jeanne van Heeswijk was one of the artist that participated in the project. In cooperation with the Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) she developed the first hospital TV-soap in Norway. With over 5.500 employees and almost 50.000 patients a year, the hospital can be seen as a community on it self. A community with it’s own communication structure and media. It runs in the Neighborhood is a six episode hospital soap based on real life situations. The purpose was to give the public an insight in the life inside the hospital and the medical and ethic dilemmas that the hospital employees encounter.
The six episodes where shown on the internet, on public screens and on television. At the same time, the Stavanger University Hospital (SUS) communicated directly with the public via a new interactive website on the issues raised by the series. The crew consists of the artist Jeanne van Heeswijk and numerous volunteers from SUS, writing the manuscript, doing camera work, lighting, sound and other technical work, make-up, script, directing and all the other tasks involved in a fully fledged TV production.
<a href=" http://www.sus.no/ir/Teaser____36764.aspx " target="_blank"><b>Link to website SUS</b></a>
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