Now I see things for the way it is (2019)Aske ThibergHD video, 29:54 min. A few years ago Thiberg discovered a chat room online for youth who had isolated themselves from society by staying indoors. He decided to make an artwork recreating four of the users’ bedrooms in 3D animation, using the pictures and descriptions that were sent in the…
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Centarium (2020)Aleksander Johan Andreassen4K Video, 21:58 min. Centarium is staged and filmed in selected shopping centres around Mo i Rana in Norway. During mostly normal opening hours, a chain of events starts with a mannequin coming to life. A cleaner gets a glimpse of this, and the film follows these two characters’ meetings and movements in, at times, identical settings.…
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In Thure Erik Lund’s writings, technology seems to be a springboard for reflection on nature and culture, and man´s transformations during a digital era. In his last essay collection, Romutvidelser (2019) he raises the question if nature and technology can merge. He has been called a kind of “techno-mystic”, who is continuously approaching the indiscernible future. Lund is currently working…
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Prøverommet invites you to participate in a beta test* of VUMA Soner, the geo-triggered audio app by VUMA Projects, made in collaboration with BEK. Tickets are free but registered through TicketCo (only 8 spaces per time-slot).
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During this year’s Ekko Festival, Ekko and BEK together present a live, film and exhibition program. The festival runs from October to November, and a more performances will be released soon. Go to the Ekko Festival page for full programme.
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The Blended Reality Lecture Series invites new media practitioners from around the world to share their work and research in Bergen. The artists that are being featured will not be travelling to Bergen, but will use video conferencing and other online tools — in sometimes unexpected ways — to experiment with the possibilities of remote lectures and interactivity. The Blended…
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in the period of 26.9 – 2.10, artist Toril Johannessen will be present with photo stations at Entrée and at various departments of Bergen Public Library. Here, she will tell you more about the art project and help you out if you want to contribute.
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In their two week work residency at BEK, Laurie Lax and Lucila Mayol will be working on a teaser of Archaeological Fiction: Sagfjordbotn (AF:S) – an Interactive Fiction with sound, based on the remote fjord of Sagfjordbotn in Nordland. The teaser will focus on a portion of material they collected in July, and give a tangible sense of the look…
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Welcome to the opening of You Will Meet a Bird with Strange Feet by Ayatgali Tuleubek. The exhibition will be shown at Aldea Gallery 26th September – 25th October, and is the result of Tuleubeks artist in residence at Aldea and BEK.
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Verdensteatret’s new performance Trust Me Tomorrow premieres during the Ultima festival in Oslo, and will be shown at Black Box Theatre 17th – 24ht September. The performance explores the experience of blindness, and is described as a free-floating performance work ranging from quiet, elegant introspection to a disturbed and fuzzy mindscape. Much of the performance’s video and audio material has…
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