Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

The publication is now available for purchase through Tekstallmenningen, both in store and online. Al-Mashrou’  – A conversation between Shuruq Harb and Samira Makki is an interview between Samira Makki and Shuruq Harb about Harb’s film al-Mashrou’. The interview discusses the film’s themes, the process of making it, and the historical and political context surrounding the project. It also touches on broader topics like documentary filmmaking in Palestine, the concept of archives, and the idea of interrupted futures.

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BEK is proud to present the winners of this year’s MA Graduate Studio Residency Award. We offer residencies to recent graduates from the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD) at the University of Bergen (UiB). This initiative is a collaboration between BEK and KMD/UiB.

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You're warmly invited to a night of sound and BBQ on Friday, June 20. This year, we have something extra special to celebrate: BEK is turning 25, and we’re marking the occasion with a festive anniversary celebration, live music featuring a line-up of our current residents at BEK.

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If you are working on an art project involving sound, moving image or electronics? Apply for a studio residency at BEK lasting between 2–6 weeks.

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Three-day workshop exploring spatial audio through both theory and practice led by composer Mariam Gviniashvili.

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As part of the seminar Ears to the Ground: Ecology, Environment and (Sonic) Media Technologies (beyond Eurocentric models) there will be an evening of performances at BEK. The seminar is curated by Budhaditya Chattopadhyay and is a collaboration between KMD, UiB and BEK.

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Join us for a workshop at BEK where we dive into an artistic approach to A.I. and neural audio synthesis applied to sound and music. The three-day workshop focuses on the workflow behind training generative AI models and developing an artistic practice using these tools, such as RAVE (Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder) and open source multi-modal audio generative systems. This workshop offers participants the opportunity to understand and implement the pipeline of neural audio synthesis—from data collection and model training to artistic implementations for sound design and musical expression.

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During the past week at BEK, Jenny Berger Myhre and Niklas Adam began their first collaborative project.

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At the Bergen Art Book Fair, BEK launched the new publication Al-Mashrou’ A Conversation Between Shuruq Harb and Samira Makki. Project developer Åse Løvgren presented the publication at the Bergen Art Book Bath at Nordnes Sjøbad.

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BEK is participating in the Bergen Art Book Fair from April 3–6, with a presentation of a new interview publication with Shuruq Harb at this year’s Bergen Art Book Bath, and three printed works at Bergen Art Book Fair. We will also participate in the exhibition Bergen Art Book Hike at Galleri Kronborg on the top of mount Rundemanen with Gadder by Ingrid Bjørnaali. The printed works for sale are Al-Mashrou’ – A Conversation between Shuruq Harb and Samira Makki, Gadder by Ingrid Bjørnaali and Shit Out Here Purple by Roy Claire Potter.

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