Book launch and concert
Bård Torgersen
Oei Oa::: alt snakker
Oey Oe::: everything speaks
12 September 2025, 19:00–21:00
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Hermetiske Skygger and Pachinko presents Bård Torgersen – Oei Oa::: alt snakker / Oey Oe::: everything speaks
Book Launch and Performance
Oei Oa::: alt snakker / Oey Oe::: everything speaks: a novel masquerading as scribbles? A long poem disguised as photography? This book brings together Bård Torgersen’s photographs and asemic writing. Designed by Stener Vaagland, it marks the debut publication from Torgersen’s new publishing house, Aporia.
Performance: Sound poetry and live writing by Bård Torgersen.
Bård Torgersen (b. 1967) is a writer, poet, and musician. He debuted in 2005 with the novel Alt skal vekk (“Everything Must Go”), and has since worked across a wide range of genres and forms. He has published over twenty books – including novels, poetry, and prose – as well as numerous sound and text-based works. Torgersen has performed in Norway, across Europe, and in Japan, and has collaborated with a variety of writers, musicians, and artists. His work has been published in Norway, Germany, the USA, and the UK.
Exhibition
Hannah Heilmann
HORSESHOE SHAPED
POINT OF NO RETURN
19 September—18 October 2025
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Pachinko is pleased to present the first solo exhibition by Hannah Heilmann in Norway:
HORSESHOE SHAPED POINT OF NO RETURN
Hannah Heilmann (b. 1978, DK) lives and works in Copenhagen. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Copenhagen and is an Associate Professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen. Heilmann co-founded the artist-run exhibition space TOVES (2010–2017) and the artist collective Ingen Frygt (2001–2010). She has received awards from the Danish Arts Foundation and has exhibited and performed at numerous institutions in Denmark and internationally, including Esbjerg Art Museum, Kunsthal Aarhus, HEART in Herning, and Manifesta 11 in Zurich.
Heilmann works with text, video, installation, and performance, often challenging the autonomy of both art and the self. Her works frequently take the form of social situations and staged environments, in which the boundaries between interaction, props, and finished artwork are dissolved.