Room to Roam

Artist Jacques Coetzer (Kimberley, South Africa, born 1968)

AssociatedAssociated with George MacDonald (Huntly, Scotland, 1824 - 1905)

Date2008

MediumDVD

ClassificationsTime-Based Media

AcquisitionPurchased in 2009 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from Jaffrey Fund.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG017026

Keywords

About MeIn 2008, artist Jacques Coetzer undertook an art project to create a new identity for the town of Huntly, Aberdeenshire. The culmination of his work, Room to Roam, is a video portrait featuring 27 people, mostly from the town of Huntly, singing the song "Room to Roam" with Mike Scott of the Scottish band The Waterboys. The lyrics are taken from a poem of the same name by the nineteenth-century Huntly-born writer George MacDonald.

Jacques Coetzer was born in Kimberley, South Africa in 1968 and currently works in the Western Cape. Focusing primarily on new media, Coetzer's work has been exhibited throughout South Africa and Europe.
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Coetzer, helping create a "new identity" for Huntly, made this video of 27 locals singing "Room to Roam" alongside Mike Scott of the Waterboys, with words by another local George MacDonald