The Gold Watch (2019)
Photographies and a gold watch
My dad was given a gold watch after being employed for 25 years at Norsk Hydro. I inherited the watch. The six portraits are of teenagers from Notodden, taken at a moment where they were unemployed. I made research-conversations with them about the meaning of work, with the golden watch as a starting point for our conversations. I photographed them in a studio while they wear my grandfather’s gold watch, where they each have chosen a posture from commercials of luxury watches.
Prodused with support from Fritt Ord, BKV (Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond), Kulturrådet and Fond for lyd og bilde.
Texts: "The Gold Watch" by Live Drønen.