This doctoral project is the final part of a three-part study:
1. Aesthetics of Absence. Belleville Baby – A documentary project on time, memory, and absence. (Master's at Akademin Valand Film, Gothenburg, 2013). This study explored the use of black frame, non-representational image, detached sound, and narrative voice as a way of depicting time and memory. It resulted in the essay film Belleville Baby and the book Belleville Baby – anteckningar från en filmisk process (English title: Aesthetics of Absence).
2. The Visual Silence. Lucky One – An experimental fiction film about forgiveness and silence. (Three-year research project with funding from the Swedish Research Council, 2015-2018). In this second study, I worked with multiple voices and the black frame had a stronger presence in the cinematic narrative. I also studied the work of other filmmakers, such as Derek Jarman, Marguerite Duras, Ousmane Sembène and Chantal Akerman. The project consisted of the full-length film Lucky One and the book Den Visuella Tystnaden (English title: The Visual Silence).
3. Darkness as Material. Hypermoon and Secrets of the Sun shares the same soundtrack but treats the visual narrative differently. (Doctoral project at Stockholm University of the Arts, 2019-2023). In this project focus has shifted towards darkness itself and I use my fimmaking as a tool to study it's various aspects. The text Darkness as material is made public as a digital publication in Research catalogue and DiVA.