9. Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I would like to thank all the wonderful musicians, producers, sound technicians, studio technicians, video artists, photographers and other artists that have contributed to this project. They are:

Michal Nietyzka
Torbjørn Kamfjord Eriksen
Solveig Nyhus
Olav Hanem
Mikkel Bordal
Asya Sari
Tone Østby
Krisztina Tokaji Eikeset
Kristiane Valborgland
Orthensia Ferhati
Riselda Rreka
Lene Talgø
Yuchi Huang
Vennezia E
Kakanang Sithithesanond
Achilan Srichantapong
Jonas Røyeng
Herman Toftner
Mirjam Pállfai
Reidun Ottersen
Veronica Andersen
Mari Bjørkøy
Harsha Jerome
Eirik Lindtner
Kristian Stoianov
Donut Spør om ekte navn note to self
Johannes Birkedal Austenå
Grete-Johanne Torvholm
Anna Leijonheim
Mira Wickman
Miles Hardy

I also want to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has helped me with the writing process. 

Thank you to my supervisor Ingolv Haaland, for academic insight but also for practical tips and help during my fantastic months of exchange studies. 

Thank you to my university, for being a place of exploration and support, and to my teachers and classmates, for creating a supportive arena filled with learning possibilities.

To Jørund, for invaluable practical support, for discussing ideas, for correcting and clarying my writing.

Thank you to my favourite brother Pontus for proofreading. Any mistakes the reader now finds are mine and mine alone.

Thank you to everyone who has given me artistic impulses and insights that have impacted me and my art.

Last of all, I want to express how lucky I am to live in a liberal democracy that values both artistic freedom and research. I am acutely aware of my own privilege. I send an urgent appeal to all my fellow humans to not look away or ignore human injustice and abhorrence, to allow research and scientific progress to guide public policies, and to stand up for artistic freedom and for human rights.