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Volume 15, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 2042-7824
  • E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Abstract

This article investigates the image migration processes of the short film (2024), a work combining narrative and avant-garde elements to depict the self-exploration of one of Norway’s most accomplished rappers. While initially produced for an immersive exhibition at the art museum MUNCH, its festival re-release, as well as its conception, production and reception, are rooted in the migratory movements between several places. To analyse these movements, I draw on theoretical frameworks of image migration and .

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