Vilde Bjerke Torset is a norwegian artist and poet based in London.
Her publications include the poetry books Apollinaire and Other Horses (If a Leaf Falls Press, 2022), WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU DREAMS : A to Z (AFV press, 2021), and the artist book PAREIDOLIA - Dotremont’s Daughter (Timglaset Ltd, 2020).
She has been commissioned by The British Museum and The Royal Norwegian Embassy, and been a guest lecturer at Kristiania University College and The Poetry School, among others. Her performances, including both solo works and collaborations, have taken place at a range of national (UK) and international venues, including The British Museum, Southbank Centre, The National Centre for Writing, The Poetry Society, Jorvik Viking Centre, and London Rich Mix.
Her books are in the collections of the Norwegian National Library, Bergen Public Library and University of Victoria Libraries.
She is a member of Norske Billedkunstnere and Norsk Tegnerforbund.
She is the founder and curator of SCRYPTH.
Contact: vildebtorset@gmail.com
BIO (selected)
BOOKS
2022, Apollinaire and Other Horses, poetry chapbook, If a Leaf Falls Press (more)
2021, WHAT IT MEANS WHEN YOU DREAMS : A to Z, poetry chapbook, AFV Press (more)
2020, PAREIDOLIA - Dotremont’s Daughter, artist book, Timglaset Ltd (more)
2019, swallowing feathers, poetry chapbook, Sampson Low (more)
2019, (no title), art pamphlet, Penteract Press (more)
WRITING
JOURNALS (print)
2023, Prosopopeia, 1-4 Litteratur og Vitenskap/Det litterære fellesskapet 30års-jubileum
2023, Tidsskriftet Addenda, 10/11
2021, The Minute Review, #1
2020, Filologen Tidsskrift, #4/20
2019, Bøygen Tidsskrift, #3/4
2019, Å Journal, Issue 3
2018, Tidsskriftet Utflukt, Vinterkort-nummeret
2017, Tidsskriftet Utflukt, Fra Skuffen-nummeret
2017, Tidsskriftet Utflukt, Hjerte-nummeret
ANTHOLOGIES
2022, An anthology of poetic collaborations from across Europe, Sampson Low
2017, Ren Sommer, Cappelen Damm
TRANSLATIONS
- FRENCH: translation by Alicja Miler, published in Å Journal, Issue 3
- RUSSIAN: translation by Maria Malinovksaya, published on Literratura
PODCASTS/RADIO
2022, Wilhart Radio, The Poetry Bath
2021, Montez Press Radio, Nadia de Vries and Dominic J Jaeckle: Verse & Chorus
2019, A Poem A Week, episode #75
VISUAL ART
ANTHOLOGIES
2021, 2022 Annual, Trickhouse Press
2019, I Dream Of A Forest. But It's A Process - 4 Nordic Visual Poets, Timglaset Editions
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 / 2021, Alphabet in Decay, Kulturbiblioteket, Stockholm / etkbooks gallery, Bern
2021, Text-Isles, Art Park Gallery, Rhodes
2021, Prosessen ville ingen ende se, Kunsthallen Grenland, Porsgrunn
2019, The Yellow Book Exhibition, Westminster Reference Library, London
2019, I Dream Of A Forest. But It's A Process - 4 Nordic Visual Poets, Burley Fisher Books, London
2019, Poet's Brut: group show, The Poetry Society, London
PERFORMANCES/POETRY READINGS
2023, Performance at Danish Poetry Celebration, Hundred Years Gallery, London
2022, Performance at Poem Brut Returns, Rich Mix, London
2019, Performance at THE SMALL PUBLISHERS FAIR, Conway Hall, London
2019, Performance at EXHIBITION LAUNCH: 'I DREAM OF A FOREST. BUT IT'S A PROCESS, Burley Fisher Books, London
2019, Reading and performance as part of “Music and poetry[…]: the world of Munch, Ibsen and Grieg”, The British Musum, London
2019, Performance for NORWEGIAN POETRY AT WRITERS' CENTRE KINGSTON, The Rose Theatre, Kingston
2019, Reading for QUEEN MOB’S TEA HOUSE, Torriano Meeting House, London
COLLABORATIONS
2024, LIVERPOOL CAMARADE, w/ Michael Sutton, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
2024, NORWEGIAN POETRY CELEBRATION, w/ Lavinia Singer, Southbank Centre, London
2023, NETHERLANDS POETRY CELEBRATION, w/ Yasmin Hafedh, Rich Mix, London
2023, NORWEGIAN POETRY CELEBRATION, w/ Jon Ståle Ritland, Iklectik Artlab, London
2022, FICHTEAN LANDSCAPES, collaboration w/ Richard Marshall and Dario Farello, St. Johns, London
2019, THE NORDIC YORK CAMARADE, collaboration w/ Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, Jorvik Viking Centre, York
2019, THE NORDIC NORWICH CAMARADE, collaboration w/ Sam Jordison, National Centre for Writing, Norwich
2019, THE EUROPEAN CAMARADE, collaboration w/ Simone Lappert, Rich Mix, London
2019, THE VIENNA CAMARADE, collaboration w/ Nadia de Vries, Einbaumöbel, Vienna
FILM
2022, FINLAY IN MAYFAIR, Living With Buildings Festival
2020, ONE IS A CROWD, Aiku Series Official Selection
THEATRE
2018, Everything that rises must dance, by Theatre Complicité, dir. Sasha Milavic Davies
2015, About Dora Gordine, a short play performed at Dorich House Museum, Kingston
