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Found Sound – Making music by recontextualising field recordings

In this workshop, Jenny Berger Myhre invites the participants to create a collective composition based on field recordings and found sound. In addition there will be an introduction in the use of the sound editing program Ableton Live for participants wanting that. We will go through some of the methods Jenny uses to create music from sound archives, by first…

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BEK & Bergen Kjøtt 18.06.2024–20.06.2024

Open Call: Studio residencies at BEK autumn 2024

If you are working on an art project involving sound, moving image or electronics, you are welcome to apply for a studio residency at BEK lasting for 2–6 weeks. The application deadline is on 2 June. Answers by 12 June.This open call applies to residencies in the period 7 August–17 December 2024.We will later announce an open call for the…

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BEK 02.06.2024–17.12.2024

Performance and Procedure – a workshop with Mark Fell and Rian Treanor

Mark Fell and Rian Treanor invite artists to join a performance workshop that will explore group dynamics using procedural systems.  This workshop hopes to bring together artists working a wide variety of different practices – not only electronic music. This could be voice, movement, projection, acoustic sound, objects, etc. Participants will look at performance as a procedure, developing, exploring and…

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BEK 02.06.2024–02.06.2024

Norwegian premiere of “Moving Ice” – a film by Susan Schuppli

BEK is proud to present the Norwegian premiere of Susan Schuppli’s essay film Moving Ice. The film will be screened at Cinemateket in Bergen on 21 May and at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo on 22 May. Both screenings will be followed by a conversation between Schuppli and Åse Løvgren. Screening times and tickets:21 May, 18:00 – Cinemateket i Bergen, tickets here.22…

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Cinemateket i Bergen og Kunstnernes Hus Kino 21.05.2024–22.05.2024

Studio residency: Lin Pei-Han

Lin Pei-Han is in a studio residency at BEK, preparing for three upcoming exhibitions in 2024. Lin is currently working on a project that combines animation and video in BEK’s video studio, exploring border research and inherited historical trauma. The project will be showcased at Lin’s solo exhibitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vadsø Kunstforening this summer, and in a…

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BEK 03.04.2024–04.05.2024

Verktøykassen: Introduction workshop to coding noises in SuperCollider with Tijs Ham

Join us for a concentrated two-day workshop on SuperCollider at BEK, led by sound artist Tijs Ham. SuperCollider is a coding platform used by musicians, artists and researchers working with sound and music. It’s free and open source software for Windows, macOS and Linux. Time: Wednesday 15 May 10:15–17:00, Thursday 16 May 10:15–17:30.Place: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55Sign-up: The workshop…

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BEK 15.05.2024–16.05.2024

Glimpses from Verktøykassen: Workshop on microphones

16 participants learned about the diverse possibilities working with microphones with Elaine Tasia Maltezos at BEK 11 April. The workshop offered a hands-on experience working with microphones: capturing sounds and recording spaces. The participants re-visited foundational microphone knowledge, and did a mic comparison: listening and picking a mic to get the most out of the space or situation and how…

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BEK 11.04.2024

BEK at Bergen Art Book Fair

BEK takes part in Bergen Art Book Fair 12–14 April, presenting two books and the newly made booklet Shit Out Here Purple by Roy Claire Potter. Time:Friday 12 April 17:00–20:00Saturday 13 April + Sunday 14 April 11:00–17:00Place: Bergen Kunsthall, Rasmus Meyers allé 5 Find the books from BEK at BABF’s Art Book Buffet. We are at the stand Saturday 13–15, where…

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Bergen Kunsthall, Rasmus Meyers allé 5 12.04.2024–14.04.2024

Verktøykassen: Workshop on microphones – led by Elaine Tasia Maltezos

Join us for a hands-on experience working with microphones: capturing sounds and recording spaces. Consisting of re-visiting foundational microphone knowledge, a mic comparison: listening and picking your mic to get the most out of the space or situation and how to best enhance the recording setting.  Time: 11 April, 15:00-19:00 Place: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55Sign-up: The workshop is now fully…

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BEK 11.04.2024–11.04.2024

Glimpses from Touched by Sound workshop and Family day at BEK

This weekend BEK has been brimming with activity. The workshop “Touched by Sound” with Boris Shershenkov took place in the project space on Saturday. The participants took inspiration from Michel Waisvisz’ archives and instruments, and made new instruments activated by touch. The workshop is part of New Perspectives for Action, part of Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union. Children…

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BEK 16.03.2024–17.03.2024
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