Skyvelære, the critical reflection that Ellen Røed delivered as part of her artistic research project, has now been published as a beautiful book by Bergen Academy of Arts and Design.
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Every Tuesday at 14:00-16:00, BEK hosts a weekly meetup aimed to form and support a community exploring the relationship between art and technology. All are welcome, artists, hackers, technologists, designers and others who wish to explore hacking and creation at BEK. Let’s code, discuss, work on/share our projects and get inspired at the BEK hacklab! (Illustration by Olivia Tucker)
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BEK offers a one-week introductory workshop to the software Max. Max is an intuitive graphical environment for real-time processing of all kinds of media (sound, video, MIDI, light, sensors and robotics), and can be used for music, sound art, video, installations, works for stage and in interaction design. Instructor is Trond Lossius.
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Trond Lossius contributes to a workshop at SCRIME – Studio de Création et de Recherche en Informatique et Musique Electro-acoustique at Université de Bordeaux. He will discuss his use of surround field recordings in his artistic practice, and share his aesthetically and practical experience working with such recordings.
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Trond Lossius will present Ambisonic Toolkit for Reaper at #MTFScandi. Music Tech Fest is the free festival of music ideas, mixing performances and experiments, hacks, demos, and installations. Since 2012 Music Tech Fest has been redefining how music is perceived, performed and experienced. It is now time to build some new formats for music.
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Karen Eide Bøen and Roar Sletteland is about to develop a dance performance with the working title Vinyl Moves. At BEK they present the ideas, development and process towards performance, and show us some abstracts. After the presentation we serve a light lunch. Welcome!
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Bli med på VDMX Workshop – sanntidsprossesering av video! 6. til 8. mai holder billedkunstner Piotr Pajchel en VDMX workshop på BEK.
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OpenMusic is a software tool for computer-aided composition. In follow up to a introduction workshop at BEK a year ago, two of the participants have been commissioned to compose small works or etudes. In this meetup Marcus Davidson and Jostein Stalheim will present the outcomes of their work, and reflect on the process of learning and using OpenMusic.
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In our sound studio this week, it’s rehearsal time for Kvien & Sommer’s upcoming concert at Utmark. The preparations crystelize at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Friday 5. Dec. at 22.00.
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3 leading researchers from IRCAM visit Oslo for a series of presentations, workshops and round-table discussions relating to spatial audio and computer aided composition. The meetings take place at fourMs lab at University of Oslo and Norwegian Academy of Music, with additional participation from BEK, NOTAM and the Grieg Academy. The meeting is a follow up to the collaboration between BEK, Anders Vinjar and Ircam over the past 1 1/2 year regarding porting OpenMusic to Linux.
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