Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

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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Amber Ablett presented the sound installation My Fathers Left at Visningsrommet USF as part of Borealis – a festival for experimental music. The work was co-commissioned by BEK and Borealis, and Amber prepared exhibition material in work residencies at BEK. My Fathers Left begins with the artist’s own exploration into how the narratives that British, Norwegian and Western society has…

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Elina Waage Mikalsen is in a studio residency at BEK 9–14 March preparing for the world premiere of Stáinnarbánit – Wolffish teeth at Borealis – a festival for experimental music. Repetition, circles and weaving characterise this new performance commission Stáinnarbánit – Wolffish teeth, from Borealis Artist in Residence, Elina Waage Mikalsen. Taking as its starting point the very short and possibly endless…

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Amber Ablett was in a studio residency at BEK 26 February–1 March preparing for the exhibition My Fathers Left at Visningsrommet, as part of Borealis – a festival for experimental music. Bergen based artist and writer Amber Ablett presents a new sound installation for Borealis, exploring fatherhood from the perspective of children from the African diaspora. The collaborative research project…

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BEK invites artists to participate in a workshop in building tactile instruments, led by Boris Shershenkov. “Touched by Sound” is based on Sonic Acts’ project taking up the legacy of pioneering artist and instrument maker Michel Waisvisz (1949-2008). The project recently debuted at Sonic Acts Biennial 2024, initiated by Tarek Atoui and in collaboration with Kristina Andersen, exploring Waisvisz’s archives…

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Bring the whole family for an afternoon of sonic experimentation for all ages at BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts. Featuring workshops from festival artists and drop-in hands on sound play, the afternoon is open for all. Even if you’re not taking part in a workshop there’s plenty of room for colouring and space to roll around for the smallest,…

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A work commissioned by BEK and a project developed in BEK’s sound studio are presented at Eye Amsterdam during the Sonic Acts biennale 5 March. The evening Moving Ice at Eye Film Museum invites you to dive deep into the politics of cold. It starts with a live AV performance by Sébastien Robert and Mark IJzerman, Another Deep (Try-out), an…

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Thank you to everyone who took part in the opening week at BEK. With sound and listening in focus the week started with a workshop in expanded listening by Alan Courtis, known from the band Reynols and his diverse musical experiments, including many with Pauline Oliveros. Arild Boman, Kjersti Sundland, Roy Claire Potter, Maia Urstad and Ashley Holmes filled the…

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How to listen through a lifetime. Sunday 18 February17:00Cinemateket Bergen, Georgernes Verft 12CC: 100/80,-, buy tickets at cinemateketbergen.no Pauline Oliveros’ theoretical legacy on listening resonates strongly with artists and musicians to this day. Oliveros was a legendary composer, accordionist and a pioneer of experimental music in the post-war period in the US, who among other things helped develop the first Buchla…

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BEK begins the new year with presentations from several artists focusing on listening and sound. Please join us for a semester start with performances and presentations, a movie and a workshop connected to BEK’s latest studio residencies and projects. The week starts and ends in Pauline Oliveros’ spirit: try a workshop in Extended Listening inspired by the legendary composer and…

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