If you are working on an art project involving sound, moving image or electronics, you are welcome to apply for a studio residency at BEK lasting 2–6 weeks. Next application deadline: 8 January 2023. For residencies in the period 1 February–30 June 2023, the application deadline is 8 January 2023. We will also announce a second open call for the…
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Artists have the possibility of using equipment at BEK during studio residencies in our spaces and while developing projects commissioned by BEK. We cannot provide equipment on a general basis and do not lend equipment externally. BEK wants to contribute to the local art scene by developing technical expertise in the field and being a relevant working space for artists.…
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Before taking some days off to rest and recharge, the BEK symposium team – Maria Rusinovskaya, Åse Løvgren, Espen Sommer Eide, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Emilie J. Wright, Åsne Hagen, and Kaeto Sweeney – would like to thank you all warmly: The artists and thinkers for taking part in the programme and engaging with the symposium themes: Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth A. Povinelli,…
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The QGIS workshop at BEK 24–25 November inspired the participants to delve deeper into the geographic information system (GIS) software QGIS. The workshop was organised as an extension to “Where is the High North?”, artist Toril Johannessen’s contribution to the symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change. The workshop, led by Helge Nysæter and Simon Šanca from the Western Norway…
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We are delighted to announce that Morten Norbye Halvorsen joins the BEK team. Halvorsen was recently hired as our new producer in art and technology. He will be working on building further BEK’s production facilities and competence, developing and supporting artistic projects, organising workshops and courses, and contributing to BEK’s theoretical research. –We are thrilled to start working with Morten…
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The Only Lasting Truth is Change is an expanded symposium investigating future configurations of art, technology, nature and power. With contributions from Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Susan Schuppli, Ingrid Burrington & Ann Chen, Rehana Zaman, Seán Elder, Nat Raha, Daniella Valz Gen, I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free, Hanan Benammar, Martin Zeilinger, Matti Aikio, Toril Johannessen, Rian…
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As part of the symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change, BEK invites you to a QGIS workshop by Helge Nysæter, Associate Professor, and Simon Sanca, PhD Candidate, both from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). This workshop is a practical introduction to how to work with spatial information in the geographic information system (GIS) software QGIS. QGIS…
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Please join us for the screening of Eduardo Williams’s new video A very long gif. Video screeningTime: 13 November, 12:00-17:00 – the 78-minute video will be screened on a loopVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3 Recorded with a swallowed pill camera, the video A very long gif is an observational journey through the landscape of the digestive system, combined with a detailed zoom into cities…
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Artist Hanan Benammar exhibits “The Universal Periodic Review” at Hordaland kunstsenter, transforming the material recorded and gathered from Benammar’s performance for BEK’s symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change. ExhibitionOpening: 13 November 17:00Opening hours: 16 November–22 December 2022 and 4–8 January 2023, Wed-Sun 12:00-17:00 Venue: Hordaland kunstsenter (HKS), Klosteret Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco since 1975, after being…
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Coinciding with the symposium, the gallery Entrée functions as a library on the subject of writing, housing an open and plural conversation about the conditions of writing, initiated by Andrea Spreafico. Exhibition and performances (lemmas)Time: 3 September–13 November, Wed-SunVenue: Entrée, Markeveien 4b https://entreebergen.no/ Writing has perhaps never been so present in everyday life as it is right now, a preferred…
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