Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Anders Vinjar and Jean Bresson (Ircam) presents a paper at the Linux Audio Conference at ZKM, Karlsruhe, on the recent port of the OpenMusic computer-aided composition environment to Linux. The port has been supported by BEK. Anders has used OpenMusic for Linux when composing a new multi-channel electro-acoustic work commissioned by BEK. The work is to be premiered in the near future.

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- How to make the world a better place and not to be caught. App creation workshop with Petr Svarovsky, artist and indie game developer. No prior knowledge is needed. Completely unexperienced people can make their own App running on their phone within 3 hours! IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE attending the whole week-let us know, part time participation is also possible!

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BEK supports several works in the MA 2014 exhibition. The movie The Perpetual Progeny by Anders Elsrud Hultgren was commissioned by BEK for Screen City 2013. The multichannel sound installation by Ellen Øyen Vister based on field recordings from Røst is part of Radio Hopes and Dreams – Lab For Ecological Transition. Max/Jamoma is used for mixing and playback. BEK has also supervised the making of the perfomance installation Pulse Sequence by Georgia Rodger.

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During a short talk, Esther Tuypens will discuss Apichaya Wanthiang’s exhibition Without Waiting for Her Reply in relation to her research on Aby Warburg. The talk will put forth some ideas concerning the installation as an object and producer of knowledge.

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In the exhibition Birth a male artist takes Kristeva´s word for it and let his artistic alias Ane Lan assume the role of creator and protector of a child. Through video, drawings, photography, odour, sound installation and performance the artist tries out future perceptions of gender and reproduction. Ane Lan defies biology and our culture to indulge himself into the desire and the experience of giving birth to a child.

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Opening 4th of April at 23:00 4-13th of April from 23:00-02:00 Talk by Esther Tuypens, 10th April at 20:00 at USF-visningrommet Without waiting for her reply continues Apichaya Wanthiang’s investigation into the themes of memory, experience, and the spatiotemporal conditions that define them. During a nocturnal exhibition, the visitor is guided through, and immersed in a narrative landscape, where isolated individuals relate to each other in a newly established continuum.

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In conjunction with world Turberkolosis day, ToBe Continued is an original concert lasting 24 hours, during which musicians from many parts of the World will be connected to a website that will broadcast their concerts. BEK will both host a listeningstation for the event, and host one of the acts participating. Link to stream

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Atelier Nord ANX hosts a one-day seminar on surround sound recordings. Gisle Tveito, Trond Lossius and Jana Winderen will reflect on their experience recording in surround. Anyone interested in sound recordings, and in particular surround sound recording for music, sound art, film, etc., are invited to join in and share thoughts, ideas and experience, or just meet up for discussions on recording and working with surround sound in general. Presentations are in Norwegian. Free entrance.

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Performance for the Borealis Festival by Idunn Aune Forland and Anne Marthe Dyvi on Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the 20th of March at Oestre in Bergen.

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