Epos tour to Salhus

Name: Epos tour to Salhus
Start: 2025-09-13T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-13T16:00:00+02:00
Location: Bryggen i Bergen

Schedule

Sat Sep 13 2025 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bryggen i Bergen | Bergen, HO

*Norsk tekst under*
Tickets are free, but must be reserved due to limited capacity.
The literature boat Epos is a traveling cultural venue with a long tradition of visiting coastal communities on the west coast of Norway. Epos served as a floating library from the 1960s until 2020. Today, the boat is a mobile cultural arena run by its own foundation, hosting readings, exhibitions, school visits in collaboration with libraries, festivals, and local partners.
In collaboration with Bergen Assembly 2025, Epos is hosting the art program Water as a Linker and Separator. The program fills Epos with artist residencies, readings, conversations, film screenings, and performances. It is aimed at audiences in Bergen, Sunnhordland, and Hardanger, and is developed in collaboration between artists and institutions along the route!
During the opening weekend of Bergen Assembly, September 11–14, we will present a rich program of events. The boat will embark on three journeys between Bergen and the Textile Industry Museum in Salhus, where the public can experience Jakkai Siributr’s work on display there, along with a program of readings and workshops. Come aboard!

EPOS PROGRAM 11.09 - 14.09
THURSDAY 11:00 - 01:00 Open Boat at USF Verftet
Visitors can enjoy the atmosphere of epos and the sound of the water as well as listen to the audio work Along the currents — an ocean of voices by Elin Már Øyen Vister and collaborators installed on the boat, and experience Elsebet Rahlff’s flags work All we are saying… on the aft deck, as well as seeing Philip Rizk’s video installation Land Listening during the tour.

FRIDAY 11:00 - 01:00 Open Boat at Bryggen + Blocknotes reading program
In the evening, Epos, docked at Bryggen, hosts Blocknotes: a creative writing initiative for imprisoned people in the Netherlands, which offers readings by Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Christine Otten.

SATURDAY 12:00–16:00 — First Epos tour to Salhus, departure from Bryggen (reserve free ticket)
You are invited to join the first fjord journey with the Literature Boat Epos to the Textile Industry Museum in Salhus, where we encounter Jakkai Siributr’s long-running textile project There’s no place for which former textile workers of Salhus and different community members are gathering in two embroidery workshops, adding new layers of experiences, stories, and labour. Passengers can also experience the audio work Along the currents — an ocean of voices by Elin Már Øyen Vister and collaborators installed on the boat, and experience Elsebet Rahlff’s flags work All we are saying… on the aft deck, as well as seeing Philip Rizk’s video installation Land Listening during the tour.
For those not joining the boat trip they can also joining the program in Salhus directly
13:00-15:00 — In Salhus: Exhibition and workshop There’s no place by Jakkai Siributr, to participate in the workshop sign up here: https://bergen-assembly.hoopla.no/event/jakkai-siributr)

SATURDAY 16:00–21:00 — Second Epos tour to Salhus departure from Bryggen (reserve free ticket)
In the late afternoon, Epos sails to Salhus once again, where a programme unfolds, starting with an offering to the sea by Elin Már Øyen Vister and collaborators. The offering is connected to their audio work Along the currents — an ocean of voices, a choral of beings installed on the boat. The programme continues with a talk by Izz Aljabari, readings by Layli Long Soldier and Gunhild Øyehaug, and ends with a presentation of The New New Norwegian – a collaborative project with the Literary Journal Vinduet — including readings by Priya Bains. When the boat moves back to Bergen, Elin Már Øyen Vister will continue with a DJ set on board.
Passengers can also see Elsebet Rahlff’s flags work All we are saying… and Philip Rizk’s video installation Land Listening during the tour.

SUNDAY 12:00 - 16:00 — Third Epos tour to Salhus (reserve free ticket)
Sunday invites further reflection on processes of learning across, with, nearby: in the late morning an introduction to Elsebet Rahlff’s new work All we are saying... at the docks near Epos, sets off the final voyage of the Literature Boat to Salhus and the Textile Industry Museum with a workshop in association with Jakkai Siributr’s exhibition there.
For those not joining the boat trip they can also joining the program in Salhus directly
13:00-15:00 — In Salhus: Exhibition and workshop There’s no place by Jakkai Siributr. To participate in the workshop sign up here: https://bergen-assembly.hoopla.no/event/jakkai-siributr)
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Billetter er gratis, men må reserveres på grunn av begrenset plass.
Litteraturbåten Epos er en omreisende kulturarena som har en lang tradisjon med å besøke kystsamfunn på Vestlandet. Epos fungerte som et flytende bibliotek fra 1960-tallet og frem til 2020. Nå er båten en mobil kulturarena som driftes av en egen stiftelse, der det arrangeres opplesninger, utstillinger, skolebesøk i samarbeid med biblioteker, festivaler og lokale aktører.
I samarbeid med Bergen Assembly 2025 er Epos vertskap for kunstprogrammet Water as a Linker and Separator. Programmet fyller Epos med kunstneropphold, opplesninger, samtaler, filmvisninger og performancer. Programmet retter seg mot publikum i både Bergen, Sunnhordland og Hardanger, og er utformet i samarbeid mellom kunstnere og institusjoner på ferden mellom Bergen, Valevåg, Lofthus/Grimo, og andre steder langs Hardangerfjorden.
Under åpninghelgen for Bergen Assembly 11.09 - 14.09 har vi et rikt program med arrangementer og båten legger ut på tre reiser mellom Bergen og Tekstilindustrimuseet i Salhus hvor publikum kan oppleve Jakkai Siributr’s arbeid som vises der og et program med lesninger og workshops. Bli med!