”The young man is laying in a black river, like a male version of Ophelia, a classic painting. Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. Currently held in the Tate Britain in London, it depicts Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark.
In contrast to the old painting where we see a woman drowning, here we see a man that is reflecting and trying to learn new ways in his life to handle the surrounding.
The video piece refers to chaos and calmness. How we handle turbulence around us and try to stay calm and keep focus in our lives. In both daily situations and in a bigger picture. It's about a person that are trying to learn to find balance.
The video also questions how we want to see our selves and what direction we want to go? One has to be brave to trust the change and unknown.
(Calmness is the mental state of being free from agitation, excitement, or disturbance.)”
- Maria Friberg
