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Punched Card (Book launch and screening)
Pachinko, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Norwegen, is pleased to invite you to the launch event for Arisa Purkpong’s publication Punched Card, published by Fat Vampire Press, Berlin. The event will take place on 22 August and will include a book presentation, a film screening, and a discussion between artist Arisa Purkpong, filmmaker Claudia von Alemann, and publisher Anna R. Winder.
The publication Punched Card is based on two interviews conducted by Purkpong with feminist filmmaker and activist Claudia von Alemann in Düsseldorf in 2020 and 2022. It also includes a poem by artist and writer Jana Buch (DE) and a text by film scholar and research librarian Ingrid S. Holtar (NO), as well as drawings and photographs by Purkpong. The book is a result of the exhibition of the same title at Pachinko in July 2023 and is designed by Studio Thomas Spallek.
In 1975, filmmaker Claudia von Alemann was invited by the Goethe-Institut Norwegen to hold film screenings in Bergen and Oslo. Drawing on this historical connection and its significance to the publication, this event will present a screening of two of von Alemann’s films:* …es kommt drauf an, sie zu verändern* (…the point is to change it, 1972) and Aus eigener Kraft – Frauen in Vietnam (1971).
The screening will be followed by an in-person film discussion between Claudia von Alemann, Arisa Purkpong and Anna R. Winder. The panel will discuss the films and their relation to the publication, as well as the connection between the feminist film movements in Germany and Norway.
About the films
* * * The screening contains depiction and description of violence and torture * * *
Aus eigener Kraft – Frauen in Vietnam
Claudia von Alemann / 1971 / Germany / 21’ / German, french / SUBS EN
…es kommt drauf an, sie zu verändern (…the point is to change it)
Claudia von Alemann / 1972 / Germany / 53’ / German / SUBS EN
Arisa Purkpong (b. 1995) is a visual artist and film programmer.
In their practice, they work with video, photography, graphics, and text, which they collage into films, installations, and publications. By juxtaposing personal memories with cultural memories, they critically examine hegemonic narrative forms. In their programming, they highlight marginalised voices to create spaces for international and intergenerational exchange.
Purkpong has exhibited at Trafo Kunsthall (NO, 2023), Sammlung Philara (DE, 2021/22), and organized screenings in collaboration with feminist elsewheres collective at the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg (DE, 2025), Maysles Documentary Center (US, 2025), and Arsenal, Institut für Film- und Videokunst (DE, 2023 and upcoming), among others.
