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Artist Talk: Gisle Martens Meyer

Gisle Martens Meyer is a norwegian musician and composer, born in 1975, and living in Bergen. Gisle had a commercial breakthrough with the electronica project UGRESS in the early 2000s. The use of cinematic elements both in music and on stage made Ugress very popular. His musical career developed into several different projects, and Gisle is a frequently used composer in films, TV, theatre, computer games and art.

HKS 01.12.2009–01.12.2009

Jamoma 0.5 released

Jamoma is an open-source project for structured programming in Max/MSP/Jitter and is based on modular principles that allow the reuse of functionalities whereas all parameters remain customizable to specific needs.

BEK 13.11.2009–31.12.2009

Bjørnar Habbestad: Residency at GMEA in Albi, France

The flutist and improviser Bjørnar Habbestad is currently doing a residency in Albi, France, as part of a cultural exchange program between BEK and GMEA Centre National de Création Musicale. He will be collaborating with Pascal Baltazar on a joint commission from BEK and GMEA.

GMEA, Centre National de Création Musicale,GMEA, Centre National de Création Musicale 09.11.2009–13.11.2009

Signatur @ Avgarde

The Signatur youngsters will play a trigging consert at Avgarde on Saturday 8th of May. The event will take place in Tårnet at Bergen Art Museum. Last chance to add finishing touches to samples and costumes was on Saturday, 1th of May.

Avgarde 08.05.2010–08.05.2010

Introductory courses in videoediting and animation

Two basic two-day introduction courses at BEK. One in video editing, and the other in basic digital and stop-motion animation. Course leader is Marieke Verbiesen. Get in touch for more info and to sign up. There are still some places available on both courses.

BEK 30.11.2009–03.12.2009

Victoria Johnsons Satelitt

“I’ve always imagined myself as a pilot of a space ship, flying through that musical universe, going wherever I want to go, encountering sounds in whatever order I choose, realizing a limitless variety of musical forms” -Joel Chadabe. The audiovisual installation “Satelitt” opens Friday at Lydgalleriet.

Lydgalleriet 13.11.2009–22.11.2009

SID: Workshop and meetings

Trond Lossius will participate in the workshop Sketching Sonic Interaction Design at Holon Institute of Technology, Israel. The workshop is followed by meetings related to the COST-SID research project on Sonic Interaction Design.

HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, Israel 16.11.2009–18.11.2009

Listening…:: Musique concrète

In 1948, Pierre Schaeffer broadcast over French radio a “Concert of Noises”, a set of pieces composed entirely from recordings of train whistles, spinning tops, pots and pans, canal boats, percussive instruments and the occasional piano. This week we read a text by Schaeffer on Acousmatics and listen to excerpts from works by Pierre Schaeffer, Pierre Henry and others. “Listening to Donald Judd” is a collaboration between BEK and The Bergen National Academy of the Arts.

BEK 11.11.2009–11.11.2009

Listening…: Early electronic music and sound/The World Soundscape Project

This session will be divided into two parts. First we will listen to some examples of early electronic and experimental sound and music, and next we will look into the World Soundscape Project, initiated by R. Murray Schafer in Vancouver in the early 70s, providing a critical documentation and examination of the urban and rural soundscapes surrounding us. “Listening to Donald Judd” is a collaboration between BEK and The Bergen National Academy of the Arts.

BEK 28.10.2009–28.10.2009

loadbang: Maths for artists – Part II

We’ll continue where we left of last time, looking at maths, with a particular emphasis on functions and how they might be used for controlling algorithmic processes and for mapping of data. loadbang is a collaboration between BEK and KHIB.

BEK 05.11.2009–05.11.2009

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