19:12 / THURSDAY
The building manager calls the fan in Bay 8 a defect. Torque Choir calls it the thirteenth bass. We call it an instrument and leave it on.
LEVEL B2 / MUNICIPAL CAR PARK
OSLO / 59.9111° N
OPEN THU—SUN / AFTER DARK
UNIT7LIVEBELOW
← / → drag or arrow through the headline. The old ramp is still the front door.
NO VELVET16 columns removed / 212 seats remaining / acoustics left exposed
01 / THIS WEEK IN B2
Programme 34: performance that can survive fluorescent spill, tyre-rubbed pillars, and a train passing two streets over. Doors open forty minutes early because the descent is part of the piece.
- THU 19:30Torque Choir
Twenty-four voices tune themselves against ventilation fans.standing / 70 min - FRI 21:00MARROW / BASS
Freja Aas and three converted subwoofers, played from inside the room.seated / 55 min - SAT 18:00White Bay 3
Choreographer Miro Kwan maps a parking manoeuvre at one-tenth speed.walk-in / 45 min - SUN 16:00After Drain
A listening session for rainwater, handrails, and low-frequency memory.all ages / 60 min
02 / THE ROOM DID NOT ASK TO BE A THEATRE
UNIT 7 occupies the two bays the council stopped renting in 2022. We kept the slope, the bollards, and the drainage channel. We took out only the suspended ceiling and six hundred square metres of apologetic carpet.
212
reclaimed cinema seats, each bolted to a removable steel rail. Move the rail and the room becomes an arena, a runway, or an empty place for a difficult sound.
11.6 seconds
of natural reverb at the far wall when the doors are shut. We measure it every opening night, and it is never quite the same.
03 / FIND THE RAMP
Enter through the pedestrian ramp on Møllergata, opposite the bicycle workshop. Follow the orange paint down one floor. If you smell warm concrete after rain, you are in the right place.
Doors are level with the ramp. Step-free entry, two companion places, and no late lockout: a late arrival is simply routed behind the audience.
STREET
LEVEL ↓ RAMP BIKE
SHOP ORANGE
LINE B2
TURN UNIT 7
DOOR SEATING /
FLEX FLOOR
LEVEL ↓ RAMP BIKE
SHOP ORANGE
LINE B2
TURN UNIT 7
DOOR SEATING /
FLEX FLOOR
04 / FIELD NOTES FROM THE CONCRETE
22:04 / FRIDAY
There is a moment after a loud set when everyone hears the water moving in the drain. It is the closest thing we have to applause.
05 / TEST THE ROOM
Every useful room has a diagnostic note. Strike a fixture to pull its trace from the last sound check. These are measurements of behaviour, not promises of comfort.
NO STRIKE LOGGED
Choose a fixture. The scope is waiting for an impact.
The room does not have a neutral setting. Even silence carries fan pressure, runoff, and the sloped route back to the street.