©Helle Kingbird Bjerregaard & music: Mikael Vraast-Thomsen
Image: Jim Woodall

18th Art Division Jury Selections

Pythia

Video work

Helle Kingbird BJERREGAARD [Denmark]

Outline

The inspiration for this video is Pythia, the name of priestesses who served as the Oracle at Delphi. Depicting a journey to Delphi, it remains uncertain whether the woman appearing in the video is the priestess herself, or a questionner on her way to consult the Oracle. The work expresses, through metaphoric reference to Greek mythology, the coexistence of opposing elements within human identity.