/ Hilde Honerud, from the Exhibition «It is a Light Which Objectifies Everything and Confirms Nothing», 2019. Foto: Øystein Thorvaldsen
«An international environmental action for the public sphere of expressions is required.»
Where and how will authors and artists express themselves during the life-threatening nature upheavals? The journal Vinduet recently interviewed some authors under the title “Norwegian literature today.” A couple of them questioned whether authors should speak out in public debates. Not a word was mentioned of the climate exacerbations. Was it the journal or the authors that left the impression of an understanding of literature that is out of touch with reality?
Discussions are ongoing in several countries. Authors are called for in the public conversation, or in what is left of it. Maybe the authors simply must learn how to write and express themselves in an environmentally damaged media-sphere. History will judge us if we continue to employ the purely literary, without reflecting on the threats against our whole future as humans and writers.
Les mer «Fighting Spirit and Communication Trash / Freddy Fjellheim»



