/ interdisciplinary artist, scholar, and writer passionate about how art and the creative actions of everyday citizens transform city and society
press
I am frequently interviewed by media for pieces related to graffiti, street art, climate activism, and climate fiction. I have been interviewed by journalists from euronews, Framtida, Khrono, Magasinett, NRK, OBOS-Bladet, TV2, and Universitas. I have also been interviewed and profiled by research institutes including gender research institute Kilden and the Research Council of Norway, often regarding my innovative research methods. While doing fieldwork on climate activism, I was quoted in FOX News and The Guardian. A documentary film was made about my doctoral research and my psychogeographic and photographic methods for studying graffiti and street art policy. Links to various features and articles below.
film, podcast, radio
2023. Research on sexualised outdoor advertising discussed in-depth during Scott Rodgers’ The Mediated City publicly sited podcast episode on urban brandalism
2022. Participated in the Urban Political podcast for the episode ‘Troubling Graffiti and Street Art’ alongside professors Jeffrey Ian Ross based at the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Baltimore and John Lennon based at the Department of English at the University of South Florida
2017. Doctoral research profiled in documentary film made by Snøball Film for project ‘ForskerWOW!’ about innovative research. Film funded by the Norwegian Research Council
interviews and profiles
2022. Interviewed by Torgeir Knutsen for TV2 about climate activism for article ‘Prøvde å «ta» Munch: – Jeg ville ikke, men jeg måtte’ [‘Tried to "take" Munch: - I didn't want to, but I had to’]
2021. Interviewed by Victoria Marie Nordahl for NRK about street art and urban development in Kristiansand for article ‘Slik vil de gjøre en bydel med «dårlig rykte» mer attraktiv’ [‘This is how they want to make a district with a "bad reputation" more attractive’]
2021. Interviewed for an article for Khrono by Amanda Schei and Njord V. Svendsen on foreign researchers in Norway ‘Provosert og fornærmet av påstander om utenlandske forskere’ [’Provoked and offended by claims about foreign scientists’]
2021. Interviewed by Anna-Maria Colvicchi for euronews for article ''How fiction can persuade readers that climate fiction is real'.
2020. Interviewed by Marte Dæhlen for Forskning.no and ScienceNorway, a non-profit online news site disseminating research, affiliated with ScienceNordic, for article 'Aktivistforsker:
- Kunst og aktivisme gir folk en ventil for klimaangsten sin' [Activist researcher: Art and activism give people an outlet for their climate anxiety]
2019. Interviewed by Roya Shahibzadeh for Universitas, the largest student newspaper in Norway. Interviewed about ‘flying shame’, academic travel, and my fieldwork experiment travelling by train from Oslo to London for article 'Forlot forkningen i flyskam'
2019. Interviewed by geographer and author Anne Bitsch for Kilden, a Norwegian knowledge centre for gender perspectives and gender balance in research. Research on sexualised outdoor advertising profiled in English and Norwegian in article 'Urban space sexualised and misogynistic'
2017. Interviewed by Christina Skreieberg for article ‘Urbant Galleri’ about murals in Tøyen, Oslo. Published in OBOS-bladet
2013. Interviewed by Tora Hope for article ‘Gategeografen’ published in online magazines Framtida and Magasinett
2013. Pre-doctoral research featured as Spotlight on the American Association of Geographers website
quoted/mentioned in print media
2024. Mentioned in article ‘Pussy Riot-Diana kommer til Fredrikstad’ [‘Pussy Riot-Diana comes to Fredrikstad’] in local newspaper Fredrikstad Blad regarding KunstFest Volume 5: Artivism event where I gave a short talk on artistic activism and moderated a panel with Jan Husták of Direct Action Theatre, Diana Burkot of Pussy Riot, and documentary filmmaker Thomas Østbye.
2023. Research on graffiti and street art referenced in article ‘Oslo Street Art Scene: What street art can tell you about the city’ by Valerie Borey for Universitas
2020. Train talk given on ARTIVISM and Extinction Rebellion mentioned in article for Khrono about conference programme on train from Oslo to Bergen en route to SDG Bergen Conference. Article 'Frakter ansatte i egen togvogn til bærekraftkonferanse i Bergen' ['Employees carried in their own train carriage on the way to sustainability conference'] includes photograph of employees with eyes closed during meditation I led as part of my talk.
2019. Quoted in The Guardian while doing fieldwork in Dover, United Kingdom, in article ‘Extinction Rebellion: 10 arrested at Dover protest’
2019. Quoted in FOX News while doing fieldwork in Dover, United Kingdom, in article ‘91-year-old among 10 arrested at Extinction Rebellion climate change protests in the United Kingdom’
2019. Quoted in The Guardian while doing fieldwork at the 24 May youth climate strike in Oslo in article ‘School climate strikes expected to be largest yet – as it happened’
2016. Mentioned in Widewalls article ‘Nuart Plus Conference 2016 - Should Street Art be Given a New Name?’
I am happy to give interviews on topics related to graffiti and street art, activism, and culture and climate change. Please get in touch at emma @ emmarnold.org.