I got really interested in the language used in blogs written by young girls - a young person's aggression, which is always lacking from the visual world.

I'm inspired by that rawness in very direct communication. My work is not meant to keep people happy or give them an escape.

I couldn't even have a guitar. But I got a three-track recorder that was so small that I could take it with me. Then I started recording and writing properly. I recorded lots of voices, not just my own. I was interested in people speaking and singing English and trying out words.

Norway's a very gender-aware country, and we're very liberal. There are lots of women's voices being heard here compared to many other countries.

On an emotional level, I don't want to be a guide. I want people to hear things and experience them their own way.

I'm very interested in the visual world because I'm also very interested in feminism. I find that the world of watching takes us into the most psychotic state of, like, "You are this one person, but you have to become another person to see these images."

I'm not in any way trying to make statements that are not also invaded by emotions and abstract ideas that I don't really understand myself. It's more interesting when I can do that.