Writing
Drawing on my background as an art historian and my research in environmental studies, much of my recent writing links my interests in nature and culture. Selected research projects and published essays are featured below.
Up, up, on implausible wings:
The chance ascent of the iconic puffin
Creative non-fiction essay, Carve Magazine, Spring 2019
Feathered majesty in the grainfield?
Conflict, conservation, and the whooper swan in Iceland
MSc thesis in Environment and Natural Resources, University of Iceland, 2018
Sounding site:
Listening, mingling, index and reciprocity in the field
Collaborative hybrid essay, Unlikely: Journal for Creative Arts, 2017
Environmental interpretation in Reykjavík’s open spaces
Applied research project, University of Iceland & City of Reykjavík, 2015
Transition animal
Catalogue text for Kathy Clark, bears; truths..., Reykjavík Art Museum, 2015
Art brute:
When the artist is animal
Presentation at Art in Translation: International Conference on Language and the Arts, 2014
Worth more than words
Catalogue text for Catherine Clover & Johanna Hällsten, Calls from Blethenal Green, St. John on Bethnal Green, London, 2013