Elisa Rossholm

Sweden °1976
research interests: artistic research, Art history, graphic novel, drawing
affiliation: Independent researcher with current research projects within The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities (Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien)
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Elisa Rossholm has a Ph.D. in Art Historyin Art Sciences at Stockholm University with the dissertation "Waiting for the main character: identity and identification in Swedish cartoon 1870–1900". During 2017-2020 she worked as a curator for three exhibitions at Norrtälje Art Gallery and conducted the research project "The Wordless Novel" within The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquitie's Bernadotte program. The project is funded by The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Gad and Birgit Rausing's foundation for humanistic research, Åke Wiberg's foundation and Helge Ax:son Johnson's foundation. The work has so far resulted in an essay in the journal OEI and a chapter in the scientific book ”Eros”, published by Ellerström (to be published in May 2020). A monograph is planned for publication at Makdam in the coming year. Rossholm is a cartoonist and creator of three graphic novels: ”I Belong Nowhere” (Optimal Press 2011), ” I stretched out my hand to eternity” (Optimal Press 2012) and "The Lambs of Le Mans" (Epix publisher, 2017). She is currently working on a fourth graphic novel with planned release in 2021.
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Elisa Rossholm har en Fil. Dr i konstvetenskap vid Stockholms universitet. Hon disputerade 2016 med avhandlingen "I väntan på Hufvudpersonen: identitet och identifikation i svensk skämtbild 1870-1900". Under 2017-2020 har hon arbetat som curator för tre utställningar på Norrtälje konsthall samt bedrivit forskningsprojektet "The Wordless Novel" inom Kungliga Vitterhetsakademiens Bernadotteprogram, finansierat av Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien, Gad och Birgit Rausings stiftelse för humanistisk forskning, Åke Wibergs stiftelse samt Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse. Arbetet har hittills resulterat i en esää i tidskriften OEI samt ett kapitel i den vetenskapliga boken Eros, utgiven av Ellerströms förlag (utkommer i maj 2020). En vetenskaplig monografi är planerad för utgivning på Makdam förlag inom det kommande året. Rossholm är serietecknare och upphovsperson till tre grafiska romaner:" Jag hör icke till något läger" (Optimal Press 2011), "Jag sträcker ut handen mot evigheten" (Optimal Press 2012) samt "Lammen från Le Mans" (Epix bokförlag 2017). Hon arbetar nu på en fjärde serieroman med planerad utgivning på Epix 2021. 

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  • Naturfilm (2021) author(s): Elisa Rossholm, Anna Sofia Rossholm published in: VIS - Nordic Journal for Artistic Research
    ’Naturfilm’ (nature film) consist of three image based essays that reflect on the relation between mankind and nature in Swedish classical nature documentaries, and also on modernity’s negotiation of the separation of nature and human culture by large. The essays include reflections on landscape, natural resources, species and gender relations, indigenous cultures and media materiality. The essays combine images and voice-over, more specifically a series of drawings of still images from existing film footage combined with fragmentary reflections on the images as media inscription and representation. The essays are media transformations of existing Swedish documentary films from the peak of the classical era, namely from the late 1930s until the early 1950s. In an ecological context, this period represents what is labeled ‘the great acceleration’, an increased exploitation of natural resources, and to some extent an intensified separation of nature and human activities.
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