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 info@emmabexell.com
Writings <- crappy archive of texts, far from complete
Currently working very hard on this webpage as you can see...
Generally living and making:
🧨 AI PARTIET /// THE AI PARTY - A synthetic Olof Palme ran in the Swedish elections 2026. Archive from the CAMPAIGN,  AI-Palme deplatformed. We’re working on ressurecting him in self-hosted form.
🧨  SKILJELINJER - a performance lecture  about  safety and unsefety in public space. Comission from Malmö university. Made in collaboration with Marika Hedemyr. Premiere  October 2026 at Bastionen, Malmö. Part of Payable Arts Accelerator. Â
🧨 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
2026
Selected for Playful Arts Accelerator @Game Habitat
18 August - moderated panel on left-wing cultural politics @ ABF
Guest at Märklighetstroget podcast - Ring Olof Palme
25 June - flashmob performance at Almedalen political convention in Visby
SVT interview about AI-partiet and the synthetic Palme
17 June - Panel on Dramaturgies of Democracy @ Malmö Möts, Malmö LiveÂ
15-18 June - hosted research seminars on “Dramaturgies of Democracy” together with Jörgen Dahlqvist @Inter Arts Center
1 Maj - speech at first reading of Teater Brigad’s new piece Järnbrist @Fruktstereo
1 Maj - flashmob perfromance in Folkets Park, Malmö with AI-partiet.Â
Artistic consultant FlowVR - virtual drawing workshops by Ginslov Media Studio
April: Co-produced and co-directed Gotheburg drag club CULT’s first XR drag show “CULT of the Cyberpunks” by Status Queer and Amy Boulton
16-19 April - Belgrade with research project Dramaturgies of Democracy c/o Hartefact
April - general helper at Malmö Dockteater’s residency at Figurteatret in Stamsund, Norway
21 March - Micro performance at Kulturtåget demo - also known as “That Post-It Performance”
12-14 March - Memesbruck: directed memelab at Innsbruck Immersive VR Festival / Diametrale curated by Me&Other Me
Mentoring Master students at Malmö Theatre Academy - Salvatore Crucitti & Gloria Zeppelli - Ucci UcciÂ
9 March - Lecture for Teater Sagohuset on AI partiet and my artistic practice
6 March - Lecture for Teatercetrum on Cultural policy activism.Â
Leading Study Circle in Cultural Politics at ABF together with Karin Oscarsson
Resident artist in research project GIRL MATH FOR REAL ESTATE NOVICES by Victoria Percovich Gutierrez
Guest at Konstnären podcast - The AI Party on cultural policy and the future - in Swedish
Guest at Local Heroes Podcast - “Our imagination is our strongest graphics card” - in SwedishÂ
Guest at Nyxxx Podcast - talked about row boats and tech giants (in Swedish)
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