He has a background as newspaper and magazine editor – for 30 years. He is the editor of our ‘cinepolitical’ documentary magazine Modern Times Review (since 2017).
From 2015-2027 he has been editor/publisher of NY TID (modern times), a Norwegian quarterly non-fiction printed book magazine.
HISTORY: Previous publisher and editor-in-chief of Morgenbladet in Oslo (1993–2003) and Le Monde diplomatique (2003-2013). He was also previously editor of the magazine DOX at EDN for 4 years. Here an old selection will be available in some time (Norwegian/English)…
Latest articles in Modern Times Review:
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Archive fever
ARCHIVES: Why do we have a feverish, compulsive, repetitive desire to return to the origin – to preserve archives and collections? And how do art and film festivals using archives influence our interpretations, ethics and conception of truth?
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The art of information
INTERVIEW: In his master class at Makedox, Austrian filmmaker Hubert Sauper exposed how to «write-in-movement», which literally means «cinemato-graphy». He also talked about political cinema and mental ecology. We met him for our in-depth film interview, especially about his last three films.
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Festival notes on the future and past
INTERVIEW: We sat down with the old and new festival directors of the Krakow Film Festival to discuss a generational shift, reality and truth, the challenges of online platforms, and why shorts matter.
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The Helsinki Effect: Does diplomacy matter?
INTERVIEW: Modern Times met the Finnish director Arthur Franck behind The Helsinki Effect at CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. We discussed the legitimacy of treaties, militarisation, and filmmaking.
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Artificial Intelligence and our mode of thinking
INTELLIGENCE What can be said about the flip side of AI—for the environment, workers, and warfare? Several films and discussions at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival delved into reflections on what future we now will have with AI and new warfare.
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Independent journalism
MEDIA: To uncover something about the independent media in Turkey, I visited P24, the centre for culture and political debate – in the heart of Istanbul.
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Pragmatism and repressive politics
TURKEY: This autumn, we met two intellectuals in Istanbul about today’s Turkey – and attended a major conference there on political economy. Here, we look at the use of power, freedom of expression, the media, militarisation and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s political pragmatism.
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Cinematic ethics – and dilemmas
ETHICS: What can a festival’s Inspiration Forum inspire us to do? We live in a world of representations, of pictures, war manipulating us as humans, and what about our relation to nature? Can an old philosopher show us a way?
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«Justice is something worth living for»
PALESTINE/ISRAEL: How is it to be a Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory? We spoke to Francesca Albanese about Israel’s war against Gaza, genocide, antisemitism, and impunity – from her specialisation on international law. She talks about political, legal, psychological, and epistemic violence – coming from how Israel, with Western acquiescence, has been threatening…
Some favourite essays:
The Specific Intellectual
In memory of Marker
POV: The War of the spirit
THOUGHT MADE VISIBLE: The movie auteurs
