Våga Film

Danelle Bergstrom & Zelko Dejanovic (digital compositor), Våga, 2019, single channel HD video, sound, 19 seconds looped.

The three paintings that formed the basis of this video, Våga I, II & III (Våga meaning dare in Swedish) were first exhibited in Sydney in 2017 and this film created for a subsequent exhibition at the Önningeby Museum in the Åland Islands in 2019.

“The move into video was borne out of a need to express an idea that was obvious to me in the paintings themselves, but perhaps not so to others. It reflected the heartbeat of the ocean and the perpetual rhythm of nature, luring us in like a moth to a flame. The scale could be increased in video form to engulf the viewer which I liked. Symbolically the swirling water around the rocks, characterises elements of our existence. The mesmerising moment of the waves dareing you to take a step forward, to face challenges and make bold decisions.”
Danelle Bergstrom, 2019