INTERPRT and Climate Rights 
On the Frontlines of Climate Justice, 2025

As part of across, with, nearby, the investigative agency INTERPRT and the Climate Rights project present On the Frontlines of Climate Justice. Installed between Bergen Public Library and MLAG (Mikey Laundry Art Garden), the work offers two distinct settings in which to engage with their enquiries into environmental destruction, rights violations, and the legal frameworks shaping struggles for climate justice. 

Composed of artist-researchers, architects, filmmakers, geographers, climate scientists, and others, INTERPRT and Climate Rights use arts-driven spatial and visual analysis, climate science, and participatory methods to document and contest the impacts of climate change.

Working with lawyers, journalists, activists, NGOs, and cultural institutions, their investigations produce evidence and counter-narratives used in court cases, advocacy campaigns, and accountability processes worldwide. 
The project examines how civil society is increasingly turning to the courts to defend territories, safeguard Indigenous and local knowledge, and demand urgent climate action. It calls for reframing climate litigation beyond questions of jurisdiction to trace long chains of responsibility, linking global climate change to situated struggles. 

Drawing on recent investigations from Sápmi and the Pacific, the installation shifts between a public-facing projection and slower, in-depth viewing spaces. Across its two sites, it considers how artistic research and public institutions can sustain climate justice claims across time, disciplines, and forms of visibility, and support impacted communities and their ways of knowing.