If you are working on an art project involving sound or moving image, you are welcome to apply for a studio residency at BEK lasting 2–6 weeks. The application deadline is 28 May 2023. The open call applies to residencies in the period of 7 August–17 December 2023. You can apply for a residency in our sound studio or video…
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Please join us for the one-night symposium “Electronic Conceptions of the Metamorphic” organised by Andreas Kühne, concluding his BEK residency! Time: 30 May 2023, 19:00–21:30Place: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55Free entry, no sign-up required! What is energy, where does it come from and how do we relate to it? In large, energy is something that can be contained or viewed…
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This statement of support was collectively written and signed by cultural workers and cultural organisations in Bergen and Norway. The text and the initiative belong to the community. The statement was signed by 250 cultural workers and 40 culture organisations before being published at change.org/PapillonBergen. As independent cultural workers and art organisations in Bergen and Norway, we express our public…
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Explore how to create interactive electronic objects with Arduino, an open-source electronic prototyping platform with a wide range of possibilities. Arduino can be used to create interactive projects to interface motors, lights, sensors and many more electronics parts together. This workshop, led by Antoine “Arthur” Hureau, will cover the basics of programming and electronics to getting started with the development of…
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Join our studio resident Boris Shershenkov for a night walk starting from BEK, creating a light and sound map of the area around Nordnes. Time: 3 May, 21:00 Starting point: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55Sign-up: send an email to resources@bek.no by 1 May. Places are limited (7 participants). The walk will be guided in English. It is free and no prior…
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Maia Urstad will premiere her new live performance “Time Pockets” on 29 April at the Oscillation festival in Brussels. Urstad worked on the performance in her recent studio residency at BEK. “Time Pockets” is a new live performance that Maia Urstad developed for presentation at the Oscillation festival. The title of the work refers to “spare time between tasks”. These…
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In a two-week studio residency at BEK, Ingrid Bjørnaali, Fabian Lanzmaier and Maria Simmons have been working on “Land Bodies, Decomposing Mass” – an audiovisual project focusing on peatlands and their interpretation through various recording and 3D computing technologies. Using photogrammetry images, field recordings and synthesized sounds, the artists aim to create an immersive space, an environment with its own…
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Please join us for an introductory one-day workshop on multi-channel video presentation techniques! Date: Friday 28 April, 10:00-17:00Place: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55 Sign-up: *UPDATE 24.04.23: the workshop is now fully booked.* Places are limited. The workshop is free and will be held in English. No prior knowledge is needed. Led by BEK’s producers Kaeto Sweeney and Morten Halvorsen, the workshop will show how to…
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BEK will have a stand at Bergen Art Book Fair 14.–16 April. Our selection includes a new publication by BEK, as well as vinyl records, books, and artists’ books by artists and writers in BEKs network. Time:Friday 14 April 17:00–20:00Saturday 15 April + Sunday 16 April 11:00–17:00Place: Bergen Kunsthall, Rasmus Meyers allé 5 For this year’s BABF, we’ve made a…
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Thank you all for dropping by BEK for our family day in collaboration with Borealis – a festival for experimental music! Here’s a throwback to a playful day of sound loops, cardboard fort galore and a sound making workshop with artist Kjersti Alm Eriksen. We’re already looking forward to seeing you all again! Watch the news report by NRK Vestlandsrevyen (broadcast on 20.03.23)…
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