Ingela Hageman

Swedish Tantra

Mystical Pilgriamage Play
Sound Vision
Tantra Mantra Yantra

Ingela Hageman is a modern mystic with studies and experiences in diffrent spiritual systems such as Tantra, Sufism, and Tibetan Buddhism--which has deeply influenced her work as an artist. In January 2004 she had a large one-woman show named “Swedish Tantra” at the ArtHall of Upplands Väsby just outside Stockholm, Sweden--where the film with the same name was a major videoinstallation. The name “Swedish Tantra” refers the fact that the chosen theme “Tantra” she prensently work within also has been influenced and filtered by the culture that she lives and works in--which is Sweden. When describing her work as an artist she say:

“In the act of creativity I have often felt like a Priestess performing magical rituals to invocate Eternity.” “My aim is that my artwork will provide a kind of meditationobject-- by which the spectator will be brought to another dimension of reality-- a Dreamworld, a Fantasyworld in which Playfulness and Spontaneity dominates. I´m very interested in altered states of consciousness and the effects of Rejuvenation and Healing it has on the whole organism.”

Under the theme “Swedish Tantras” Ingela is investigating and playing with Archetypical Symboles, Forms, Emotions, Godesses etc. related to Tantric concepts and mythologies. In the film which is her contribution to “Spiritual Filmfestival” she has also co-operated with the mediaproducer Kjell Eidendal and his friend Walle Bergström. Kjell works with electronic music and Walle is the guitarist.

Tantra can be seen as a form of Spiritual Science with deep Mystical knowledge and insight into the psyche and subconcious rhealms--and has made systems to sublimate and uplift human experiences with a kind of Universal applicability in many areas of life and existance. It has its roots in India and Tibet. Tantra can exists in many diffrent forms--Visually as Yantras, Sound-wise like in Mantras and in Rituals--Transforming grosser into finer. Tantra is famous--in particular among New Age--for it`s sometimes rater crazy and mindblowing Rituals, within areas where we experience a high charge of Energy, like Sexuality and Death. Tantra is also related and associated with Deep Spirtual Experiences of Unity with Cosmos and Creation--and Aim at the Essence of the underlying Mystery that permeat Existansce in Macro- as well as in Microcosmos.

Ingela is a modern artist who works with high-technology. The Computer and the Videocamera are her tools and virtual ateljé. Travelling and experiencing new and different cultures is fundamental in her artistry. She has been living in Hong Kong and USA in her late teens--and visited and been influenced by many of the ancient High Cultures--like Egypt, Mexico, West Africa, etc. Her latest travels went to India.

Initially she is a painter with 8,5 years of traditional studies at diffrent painting-schools. She has also been studying Computer-Art at the University of Skövde, Sweden, and also has an education in Video Art. Recently, as preparation for the work with her latest exhibition, she took a academic course in Tantra at the University of Lund, Sweden.
She has also been working with slide shows--the biggest one for 48 projectors-- and with experimental photography and videoinstallations etc. Totally she has 15 years of studies within Art and Computers. She has had about 20 one-woman-shows at diffrent Art Museums, Arthalls and Galleries-and participated in about 20 group exhibitions.

It´s a great Honor and Joy for her to give her Contribution to the Spiritual Film Festivale!