Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Cristina Lucas 3-channel six-plus hour long video installation “Unending Lightning” (2015-) is an open-ended work in progress, comprised of global cartography of aerial warfare that shows all aerial bombings over civilians since its implementation. The project is composed around historical investigation that is endless, and grievously ongoing due to current events. For the exhibition at Kunsthall 3,14, Stian Remvik at…

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Welcome to presentations with Timo Hoogland, Mark van den Heuvel, Gerri Jaeger and Ideophone Records on Friday September 6 at 17.00! The first three are part of Loud Matter playing on Østre on Wednesday September 4, while Jiska Huizing and Rudi Valdersnes from Ideophone Records release their new album IDE002 the coming weekend.

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Gunhild Mathea Olaussen and Roar Sletteland have in several periods been working in BEK’s electronic workshop to develop and build electronic parts for Resonance. Resonance is a new work by artist and scenographer Olaussen, which will be on display as an installation and as an extended instrument played by a series of performers during the Ultima Festival opening weekend.

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The video The Valley is shown during this year’s Greenlightdistrict – the interdisciplinary art festival in Skien that sheds light on issues related to nature, industry, climate and the environment. In The Valley, the small village of Dale in Western Norway is used as a prism to look at global changes related to production and economy. The video was created…

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In collaboration with Playdate, BEK presents Loud Matter and Medikal at Østre Wednesday September 4th – two acts that have an experimental approach towards electronic music and live performance.

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Welcome to the autumn kick-off with book presentation and concerts at BEK Wednesday 28th of August! Jøran Rudi’s new book Elektrisk lyd i Norge (Electric Sound in Norway) describes the development of music technology and technology-dependent music in Norway from the early beginnings of the 1930s until 2005. The presentation is followed by two live electric sound concerts with Silje…

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ReFORM is a groundbreaking and experimental multi-effect pedal developed by Pladask Elektrisk and BandOrg. The pedal is based on FORM2, but has updated programs and updated hardware. The pedal and workshop are about exploring and understanding granular synthesis, time stretch and manipulating sample playback.

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Avgarde and BEK invite to this course in mixing and production, where you will learn to create a great and catchy commercial techno song with Ableton Live. The course is especially intended for composers who want to contribute with danceable contemporary music to contemporary music disco. Course leader will be Vegard Bolstad, who has held several courses in Ableton Live.

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Imaginalia revisited s a poetic and musical work where our relationship to nature lies at the core, and where it is generated new connections and liminal experiences between image and sound – between the visible and the invisible. Espen Sommer Eide has been working with Imaginalia revisited at BEK, and the exhibition will be opening at Lydgalleriet Friday August 16th…

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We will be back from Summer holidays at BEK from August 5th, and will start the season off with Reality-based Audio Workshop at Struer Tracks, book presentation of “Elektrisk lyd i Norge” (“Electric Sound in Norway”) and concert, and a concert with Loud Matter at Østre.

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