Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

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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BEK is looking for a new Information Manager in a 50% position. Application deadline: 12 April 2023.Please find the full announcement text in Norwegian here. Photos: Thor Brødreskift (1, 2, 4), Synne Sofi Bårdsdatter Bønes (3).

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Ziúr & Elvin Brandhi are in a studio residency at BEK 13–18 March preparing for their performance at Borealis – a festival for experimental music. After a week writing new material in Inkonst in Malmö, they’re refining their live show by experimenting in BEK’s project space. Fusing free-spirited vocal acrobatics with punk electronics from the dimly-lit heart of Berlin, Ziúr…

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Bring the whole family and join us at BEK for an afternoon of sonic experimentation on Sunday 19 March! This event is presented in collaboration with Borealis – a festival for experimental music. Family day programme 11:30: Doors open 11:30–16:00: Open house with Sonic Loops workshop. Free, drop in. All ages welcome.  12:00–13:00 and 13:00–14:00: Lydlagerlaging workshop with Kjersti Alm…

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On 15 March, Amber Ablett will premiere the first part of My Fathers Left, a work co-commissioned by Borealis – a festival for experimental music and BEK. The premiere is part of An Exquisite Korps, the 20 year anniversary concert of Borealis, which takes place in Hallen USF, opening the 2023 festival. My Fathers Left is a sonic poem and…

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The video “A very long gif” by Eduardo Williams, co-produced by BEK with Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao, is being screened at the 73rd annual Berlin International Film Festival. Part of the programme “An Atypical Orbit”, the video will be screened at the festival from 16 to  26 February 2023. The Norwegian premiere of the film took place in Bergen in…

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You’re warmly invited to join us 23–26 February as we celebrate our community with an open house, artist talks, workshops and performances at BEK, and an inspiring film programme at Bergen Kjøtt. Come by BEK for crash courses in using our sound and video studios, followed by a shared dinner and live mixing of sound and video! Get a glimpse…

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