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Art + Activism = ARTIVISM — Talk and panel discussion led by Emma Arnold
KunstFest vol. 5: Artivism
20 April 2024, 18:00—23:59
Østfold Internasjonale Teater — Østfold International Theatre
Dokka 3A, 1671 Kråkerøy (Fredrikstad), Norway

Pussy Riot-Diana comes to Fredrikstad
16 April 2024
The Institute for Art & Environment gets a mention in Norwegian newspaper Fredrikstad Blad in an article on Diana Burkot from Pussy Riot and the programming for the upcoming event on artivism at Østfold International Theatre.

First LAX LAB 2.0 community discussion is open
The first LAX LAB 2.0 climate fiction community discussion is now live on Substack.
Sign up and join the conversation. Tell us about your favourite books, what climate fiction you recommend, and what you would like to read together.

Sign-up to LAX LAB 2.0 | school of climate fiction is now open
LAX LAB 2.0 | school of climate fiction has been soft launched.
The community and book club will be hosted at Substack, where you can now sign up to join.

LAX LAB 2.0 is launching soon
The first major project of the Institute for Art & Environment will be launching soon.
LAX LAB 2.0 is a collaborative community, book club, and educational resource dedicated to the stories and worlds of climate fiction and it is on its way!

Climate Fiction and Narrative Imaginations — Conversation between Emma Arnold and Liisa-Rávná Finbog
The Major Arcana: Justice – Climate Fiction and Narrative Imaginations
14 March 2024, 18:00—19:00
MUNCH Museet / MUNCH Museum
Edvard Munchs Plass 1, 0194 Oslo, Norway

Urban Surfaces Research Network — Inaugural international workshop
Urban Surfaces Research Network (USRN) inaugural international workshop (closed online event)
6 March 2024, 09:00—12:00
Zoom

Finissage — Conversation between Emma Arnold and Karen O’Brien
Finissage of exhibition Art of Climate/Change and conversation between Emma Arnold and Professor Karen O’Brien
15 November 2023, 14:00—15:00
Hum-Sam Bibliotek / Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Georg Sverdrups hus, University of Oslo, Moltke Moes vei 39, 0851 Oslo, Norway

Climate Fiction Book Club: Discussing Waubgeshig Rice’s Moon of the Crusted Snow
Public book club discussion on Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice, in conversation with Sámi scholar and curator Liisa-Rávná Finbog and student Søren Mortensen
19 October 2023, 16:15—17:15
Hum-Sam Bibliotek / Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Georg Sverdrups hus, University of Oslo, Moltke Moes vei 39, 0851 Oslo, Norway

Art of Climate/Change — Exhibition of artefacts and photographs from artistic study of climate activism
Art of Climate/Change exhibition of artefacts collected and photographs taken by Emma Arnold
Oct. 19, 2023 – Nov. 24, 2023
Hum-Sam Bibliotek / Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Georg Sverdrups hus, University of Oslo, Moltke Moes vei 39, 0851 Oslo, Norway