We round off BEK’s Opening Week 2020 with concerts by Niklas Adam, John Brennan and Tolga Balci, before DJ Tolga Balci takes over! The concert night is free and open to everyone. The doors open at 19.00. We hope to see many of you there!
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Sonarc is an artistic computer game based on the manipulation of sound in a 3D landscape. In an “open world” structure, sound objects can be manipulated in different ways and put together into music and sound collections, as well as being the starting point for creating tasks that need to be solved.
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As part of Verktøykassen (the Toolbox), we invite artists to teach us things we cannot ourselves. In this course you will build your own kinetic sculpture based on motors and wireless control system. Get ideas and inspiration for ugly and beautiful movement patterns from Niklas Adam, who has long experience working with the Verdensteatret‘s famous installations and performances.
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An artist talk with John Brennan discussing his recent investigations into the relationship between the “sonic memory” of musical instruments and improvised performance.
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As part of Verktøykassen (the Toolbox), we invite artists to teach us things we cannot ourselves. Visual artist Magnhild Øen Nordahl will speak about how she uses 3D modeling as a tool and conceptual point of departure in her artistic practice and in her ongoing artistic research project at the Academy of Fine Arts, KMD/UiB. After the presentation, she will…
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Zackery Denfeld and Cathrine Kramer from The Center for Genomic Gastronomy are working on topics that are particularly related to the cross over point between food and emerging technology. For BEK’s Opening Week they have created a custom talk.
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In the former textile mill Salhus Tricotagefabrik there are heavy and large machines, but also tiny and fragile ones. Retro high-tech in cassette format with programming for automated knitting machines. Old technology meets new technology through a sonographic compositional work by Else Olsen S., as the sounds from the machines will be the orchestra and material in the work, which will be…
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BEK is closed during the Christmas holiday from December 21st to January 6th. Those of you who have an agreement on the use of project rooms and studios are welcome to use these.
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When BEK opened its newly renovated premises in 2019, we did so with a number of events during the opening weeks. We think this was so fun that we are happy to open 2020 with a new opening week! This year we will be inviting you again to a series of presentations, workshops and concerts January 20 – 28! All…
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This workshop will provide an opportunity to the participants to create works which explore the notions of ‘landscape’. We will investigate landscape as a diagram of structural power relations, the landscape theory ‘Fukeiron’, and explore the politics of landscape representation. Can a critical reading of a landscape (representation) enable us to see a visual ‘diagram’ of social and economic relations…
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