.PAO was officially closed down in August 2023.

For inquiries on the performance art scene in Norway you can contact our colleagues in Bergen and Stavanger:

https://performanceartbergen.no/en/

https://www.performanceartstavanger.com/

https://kunstbanken.no/performance/

If you are interested in buying the book “PAO 7 Years” you can purchase it at Tekstallmenningen: https://tekstallmenningen.no/butikk/boker/pao-7-years/

The website will remain as an archive as long as possible.

Thank you for your interest and support through this 10 years!

PAO team

“PAO 7 Years” Limited sales! Special shipping deal! Order before November 25th!
The first 20 to order will also receive a free PAO bag!
The publication “PAO / Years” is now available for a special low cost shipping deal when you order it before November 25th. The book will then be sent in the mail December 1st. 

Get your copy now! 

If you want to buy more then 1 book, please contact us for shipping prices.

* After November 25th the book will still be available, however shipping will be more expensive.

Click here!

“PAO Festival 2021 - Reflecting the past”
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This year we launch “PAO Festival 2021 - Digital version” for all of you that could not be with us!
We know that many of you were not able to attend the festival due to the limited amount of places available or travel restrictions.

Premiere: Saturday August 21st 12:12!

More info HERE

PAO Festival 2021 will be the last festival curated and organized by Franzisca Siegrist and Tanja Thorjussen!

“We established PAO in 2012 and have since 2013 organized and curated 8 PAO Festivals in Oslo and other events nationally. After working with over 200 artists and creating a professional performance platform in Oslo, we have decided it is time to focus more on our own art practice. ⁠ This will be our last PAO Festival with an expanded version, reflecting the past, with exhibitions, live performances and a publication!”⁠

📚‼️ The book is here!! 🔥

The publication “PAO 7 Years” has just arrived, and we are so excited to share this news with you! 436 pages including new texts, interviews and photos of all our previous events.

You can purchase your copy during PAO Festival or online from September 15th! ✨

A big thank you to our team:
Franzisca Siegrist & Tanja Thorjussen (editors)
Johanne Laache (translations and proofreading)
Yan Tong (graphic design)
All the writers and everyone involved!

And thank you to Interface Media for their guidance and great printing job!

We hope you are all doing well, and are safe and sound!
November is here, which usually means that we are all excited and getting ready for PAO Festival. However, already in 2019 we decided that we would not have a festival for 2020. Lucky us! We wanted to spend 2020 reflecting and reviewing what we have done for the past 7 years with the festivals and other performance events. So for the past year we have been working on making a book about PAO and in 2021 we are planning on a book launch and a festival of a slightly different format.
We are looking forward to next year's festival and hope to see you then!

Tanja Thorjussen and Franzisca Siegrist

Original photo by Irene Leon during PAO Festival 2018

The documentation of PAO Festival 2019 is online now!! Click on the image --->

‼️Program for PAO Festival 2019‼
Please notice that time in performance art is unexpected, the program might be shorter or a bit longer :)
The performances will be shown in this order! Welcome!!

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

PAS - Performance Art Studies
PAS#68 | 'CREAKING WOODEN FISH'

25. NOVEMBER – 1. DECEMBER 2019, Oslo Norway

Deadline: 01. november 2019
a 7-day intensive learning program on Performance Art
In cooperation with PAO – Performance Art Oslo and KHiO – Oslo National Academy of the Arts

Final presentations at PAO Festival 2019!!!

Led by BBB Johannes Deimling
Guest Teacher: Konrad Juscinski
click here for more information