Jag är bergtagen
by Kalle Brolin
Artist
Kalle Brolin
(Sverige, född 1968)
Alternate Title
- I am Spirited Away
Date2020
Medium2-channel video installation, color, stereo sound
Dimensions24:25 min
ClassificationMoving Images, Installations
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2021/79
CollectionsRecent Acquisitions, Svenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkAcross surfaces resembling enormous mobile screens, a drama in three acts is shown. Text appears on the screens like messages in a dating app. Kalle Brolin sets this associative story in the coal mines of Scania in the 19th century, where orphans were brutally exploited as labour. Now, discussions are underway to mine for vanadium in the same area, a metal that can be used in batteries for mobile phones, a natural part of life for young people today. Vanadium is named after the Norse goddess of fruitfulness and sexuality, Vanadis (also called Freya). I am Spirited Away uses documentary photos, myths and local lore to explore various layers of exploitation and love.