We are happy and proud to announce Johanne Øra Danielsen as a new member to the BEK team. From August 2023, Johanne is employed as the new information manager, and will continue to work on making BEK more visible, engaging and accessible. Departing information manager Åsne Hagen has worked in the position since 2021, and is now moving to Oslo…
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The BEK team will be taking time off in July; we’re back in the house on 1 August. We wish you a restful summer. Meanwhile, save the date for the BEK summer party 18 August – we hope to see you there!
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Roy Claire Potter, an artist working between performance and writing, is coming to BEK for a two week residency in July 2023. Developing a new sound work, commissioned by BEK and focused on CB (citizens band) radio use and culture, Potter will spend time in and around Bergen meeting various local communities and collecting, recording and editing material for the…
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Performance artist Marina Dessau is in a studio residency at BEK, working on the project “Variations of a Separation No.1: Forced Feelback”. In “Forced Feelback”, Dessau asks: What are the paths of interpersonal connections? What is the stuff that they are made of? What imprint does a physically absent person leave on the inside of another when forcefully separated? What…
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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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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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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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