Leaving Bombina Bombast at end of 2024, she now works freelance holding on to the space she has consistently explored: the borderland between art and social engagement, marked by a distinctive curiosity about the human condition in digital times and virtual worlds. With warmth and courage, she tackles the burning issues of our time with a DIY attitude and a belief in the power of art in the pitch-black darkness of capitalism.
Awarded with the Thalia Prize in 2021.Â
Said about live VR performance The Shared individual (2016):
“Visceral and unforgettable”Â
- Caspar Sonnen, IDFA DocLab.Â
“Finally some VR with art, wit and something new to say”Â
- Timothy Powell, Digital Producer.
đź’Ś emmabexellab@gmail.com
Writings <- crappy archive of texts, far from complete
Currently working very hard on this webpage as you can see...
Generally living and making:
🧨 PALME 2026 - follow the CAMPAIGN, talk to Olof Palme. Next up is Palme c/o Folkteatern 6 Dec MORE PALME TO COME
🧨 Organizing meetups in Malmö - Cultural Workers Unite, and actions with Kulturen dör slåss
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🧨 Teaching world building and immersive dramaturgy and AI in Contemporary Art Practices - an Orientation at Malmö Theatre AcademyÂ
🧨 ---> writing a performance lecture about memes and images at war
🧨 and working out loud on @instagram
2025
6 December: AI Party and Olof Palme at inauguration of Olof Palme’s Plats, Gothenburg. c/o Folkteatern
16 November: Culture Workers and AI workshop at Nordic Labour Film Festival in Malmö, 13-15.15 at Glokala
3-7 November: Development workshop and work-in-progress showing 6 Nov of War Primer performance @studiopotato w/ Cenk Güzelis, Ingvild Skandsen & Alva Qi Törnqvist
14 October: Invited expert at Fabel’s Dinner Conversation about Compensation Strategy in the AI Era
6-10 October: residency at Inter Arts Center w/ Filip Rahim Hansson. Project: Desire and Repetition. Playtest 9 Oct.Â
2-3 October: Olof Palme at Nordic JS conference, Stockholm
September-October: Part of Peer Learning Network on AI at Media Evolution, Malmö
26-28 September: Part of group exhibition EVERYTHING IS FINE!!! @kipi with AI Party/Olof Palme and Lego-installation “Build Independent Performing Arts in Lego”
20 September: Reading “Antipolitik” together with Olof Palme at Æsken gallery in Aarhus
6 September: Visit my studio at Kipi Art Studios as part of Malmö Open Studios 12.00-16.00
August: Jury member for visualization arena Wisdome Malmö’s open call “Artistic Comission on Migration” together with Malmö Art Museum
29-30 July: Workshop and Master Class in Walking Films. Seminar “Object-theater, physical theater and ecology” w Philippe Blanshard et al  @The F.E.S.T., Skillinge Teater, Sweden.Â
30 June - 4 July: Digital on Stage residency @KIBLA, Maribor, SloveniaÂ
7 June: Day of Drama, panel conversation @Malmö Theatre Academy by dramaturgy students at Lund Uni, w/ Jörgen Dahlqvist and Mira Helenius //Day of Drama
4 June: Seminars “Misslyckad uppdatering, scenkonst, teknologi, framtid” w/ Robin Jonsson and “Digitala scenkonstrum - var står vi nu?” w/ Marika Hedemyr and Åsa Unander Scharin @scenkonstbiennalen, Östersund, SE
29 May: Microperformance at Dialogue meeting with cultural workers and politicians @Bastionen, Malmö, SE
April - May: test runs of Jeanette Ginslov’s Deep Focus VR meditation
21-25 April: Lab and showing of Northvolt Auction Piece at SdVVVorks / Intonal event enjoy the unknovvvn, Malmö, SE
9 April, Opening Game Over by Enter Octopus. Escape room performance for teenagers (I was dramaturg and game designer)
1 March: Opening “Synthetic Summit” @Kunsthal Aarhus, DK - Radio Palme and opening performance “Worlding the Win”
11-14 Jan: Walks: Hilton Midtown, video walk showcase @APAP, New York, US
Awards
Thalia Award for “Ögonvittnen” performances at Malmö City Theatre 2021Â
Best VR project in development (Kinematografi) @ Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montréal 2017
Old stuff
Backlogging when I have time... which is NEVER because I’m freelancing and also have small kids.Â
PEACE✌️
2013