Oei Oa ::: alt snakker

Oey Oe:: everything speaks

is a novel on the run, drawn and photographed by writer and poet Bård Torgersen.

In Oey Oe:: everything speaks, Torgersen bids farewell to semantics and welcomes an untamed world.

The book shifts between abstracted writing and photographs of people, animals, and sign-like forms, found by Torgersen during travels in Europe, the Caucasus, and Southeast- and East Asia.

Oey Oe:: everything speaks is designed by Stener Vaagland and is the first book published by Bård Torgersen’s own imprint, Aporia. The publishing house will release artist books and other literature in limited editions.

Bård Torgersen (b. 1967) 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.