Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Join us for a film screening and conversation with the artists. Everything Worthwhile is Done with Other People takes up the conversations, experiences and freedom dreams of a group of women affected by the carceral state, as encountered through the UK government’s hostile environment policy and prison system. 

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Ananda Serne will present her short video Insect Sing-Along (2022), along with a clip from her ongoing whistling project. Both works explore the mimicking of insect and bird sounds through the human voice. 

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CRYOSONIC is a context heavy hybrid presentation / performance exploring the sonic characteristics of polar fauna, aural data narratives and field measurements. 

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Curves & Reverbs is a participatory performance that builds on Mona Hedayatis’ previous performances done with biosensors, taking as its departure point her experience of migration and exile. It is part sonification and part visualization of biosensor data.

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In this multichannel live performance, the artist combines real-time audio synthesis with digital and analog physical modeling techniques.

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BEK opens the new year with a mini-festival, offering insight into BEKs latest and upcoming projects. We invite you to join us for a week of performances, workshops, screenings, and talks at BEK, Lydgalleriet, and Bergen Kjøtt.

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Through this workshop, we will practice listening together using exercises from Pauline Oliveros’ theory of Deep Listening and Gestalt awareness experiments. We will explore how listening can become part of liberation practices and how we can centre it within artistic practices.

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A film screening of 10 works in support of Palestine, curated and organised by Irmgard Emmelhainz and Nora Adwan.

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This course will provide an introduction to and hands-on experience in soldering and diagnosing various common audio connectors, and will give foundational competence in the field of cables and electronics.

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We are very excited to welcome Jennifer Garzon and Siren Løkaas to the BEK team. Starting in January 2025, Siren will join us as the new Information Manager, and Jennifer as Project Coordinator. They will work together to make BEK more visible, engaging, and accessible.

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