In her book Scenemennesket, Jenny Hval draws on her own life on stage over more than 25 years.
She reflects on where the boundary lies between who she is on stage and who she is away from it – and what it is she is actually selling when she sells her art. What happens to art when the artist is so clearly treated as a commodity?
After two decades as a stage performer, the different roles begin to merge, confronting her with questions about authenticity and performance. Everyday life becomes art, while art seeps into everyday life.
Hval writes with impressive clarity, sensuality and associative depth, and has received highly positive reviews from critics.
Emilie Eie, one of Stavanger’s rising stars on the music scene, interviews Hval. We will also hear some of Jenny’s favourite tracks throughout the conversation.
Jenny Hval has been active in Norway’s artistic scene since the early 2000s as a musician, artist and author. Throughout her career, she has moved between the underground and pop music, literature and music, while working just as much internationally as in Norway. Jenny Hval has released a total of eight solo albums and three works of fiction: Perlebryggeriet (2009), Inn i ansiktet (2012) and Å hate Gud (2018).
Emilie Eie is an artist from Stavanger. They have experience across several genres, including free jazz and rock, and studied at Bårdar Akademiet. Eie is active in the pop genre, creating original music in both Norwegian and English with the bands Sincerely, Frank, Vok Ens and VALP.
Eie was named Stavanger Artist of the Year in 2024.
The event is part of Kapittel – Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech, taking place from 16–20 September 2026. More information, the programme and tickets can be found at kapittel.no.
At some events at Sølvberget and during the Kapittel Festival, photographs and video may be taken for documentation purposes and for use on social media.
