Helgas auge

Helgas auge is a performance about a young woman who attempts to save her violent partner. Helga works at a library. One day Aslag comes to borrow a book, and Helga is so in love that when she gives him the book, her heart beats so hard that she is afraid that everyone can hear it. After a short while Aslag gets a breakdown. An ambulance is called. Aslag refuses to accept help, and even though the library is about to close, he is allowed to stay.

With the exhibition, Goksøyr & Martens explores a scenic language that they define as auditory realism.

Helgas auge is part of the doctoral thesis of Toril Goksøyr at the University of Fine Arts in Oslo.