POW Ensemble played the Borealisfestival 2009 with electronic tap dancing. Now they are back in Bergen, this time with an electronic dissection of the guitar. In addition to the Landmark concert on Sunday, they will present their work and techniques at BEK on Monday 26. October
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Michelle Teran (Canada), nominated for a “Transmediale 2010 Award”, will do a selfpresentation at HKS, as part of BEKs ongoing presentation series.
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This workshop, headed by Margareta Zetterblom, Trond Lossius and Hilde Hauan Johnson, investigates possible relationships between textiles and sound. Textiles can shape stage and installation spaces cisually, at the same time as modifying the acoustic properties of the space.
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For this weeks session on advanced topics in real-time processing of media, we will be 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.
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BEK introduce a new regular activity labeled Listening to Donald Judd… in collaboration with Bergen National Academy of the Arts. At regular intervals we will meet to listen to and discuss selected works of contemporary music and sound art, accompanied by relevant literature. The first session will be focusing on futurism, and in particular the manifesto The Art of Noise, written by Luigo Russolo in 1913.
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Peter Sinclair is an English sound artist living in Marseille, France. At Kunstakademiet, Bergen, he will talk about his own artistic works, the sound lab Locus Sonus, and give a short introduction to the PhD-program where he participates.
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The artistic work of Bjørnar Habbestad tends to cross the borders between music interpretation and improvisation, conceptual sound art and development of music technology. Drawing on concrete sound experiences from a number of traditions and perspectives he aims at investigating tangential points between acoustic performance practise and digital processing.
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BEK introduce a new regular activity, loadbang, in collaboration with Bergen National Academy of the Arts. At regular intervals wee will offer a meeting place for artists and students working on real-time processing of media using software such as Max, SuperCollider and Pd, for exchange and discussions on a number of advanced topics. The first meeting will be focusing on the use of multi-touch interfaces.
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Trond Lossius gives an introduction to electronic music for students of contemporary music at The Grieg Academy. The lecture will provide an overview of the history of electronic music, important composers, works, schools and artistic practices.
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Don’t touch me, you don’t know where I’ve been was a commision by BEK from composer Alwynne Pritchard, premiered in 2008. The 7th issue of the Sensuous knowledge publication series on artistic research, is dedicated to two texts discussing the work, by the composer herself and Roar Sletteland, former director at BEK. An installation version of the work will be presented at Solstrand as part of the program for the 2009 Sensuous knowledge conference.
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