As part of the symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change, BEK invites you to a QGIS workshop by Helge Nysæter, Associate Professor, and Simon Sanca, PhD Candidate, both from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). This workshop is a practical introduction to how to work with spatial information in the geographic information system (GIS) software QGIS. QGIS…
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Rian Treanor continues developing the Intersymmetric project – a unique multiplayer drum machine that people can play together in real time over the internet, built in cooperation with Mark Fell. For the symposium “The Only Lasting Truth is Change”, Treanor convenes a workshop exploring new forms of sound synthesis and algorithmic pattern making and leads a collaborative remote live performance…
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Exploring a contemporary Chinese tradition of relocating old religious statues to street corners, Ng Tsz-Kwan asks questions about abandonment, rituals, and objects. For the symposium, Ng builds an installation at Northing, reflecting on collective worship points spontaneously created in public spaces, and runs a series of workshops and individual performances, investigating how we deal with outdated beliefs, ideas, and ceremonies.…
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As part of the symposium “The Only Lasting Truth is Change”, BEK invites artists and musicians to the workshop “The Politics Of Parts: Sizzling Semiconductors” with Ioana Vreme Moser. Sizzling Semiconductors commences as a screaming tone at the precise touch, of a radio-sensitive mineral. The workshop proposes the construction of oscillating instruments from scratch to investigate the multifaceted history of…
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As part of the symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change, artists and researchers Ingrid Burrington and Ann Chen present 瓠果神山閱覽室 / Gourd Guardian Mountain Reading Room, sharing materials of their ongoing research. Reading room opening: 9 November, 18:00 Reading room opening hours: 10–13 November, 12:00–17:00Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3 Talk: 12 November, 16:30Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3Streaming: https://vimeo.com/event/2528179 瓠果神山閱覽室 / Gourd…
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BEK is proud to present a new edition of its symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change, investigating current and future configurations of art, technology, nature and power. See the full programme here. With contributions from: Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth Povinelli, Ingrid Burrington and Ann Chen, Susan Schuppli, Eduardo Williams, Toril Johannessen, Hanan Benammar, Rehana Zaman, Matti Aikio, Helle Siljeholm, Ng…
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As part of the symposium “The Only Lasting Truth is Change” 2022, BEK invites creative practitioners to the workshop “Nonfiction, Fictodocumentary Film, and Myth: Bending Aesthetics to Critical Askesis in Settler Late Liberalism” led by anthropologist, activist and gender studies professor Elizabeth A. Povinelli. If aesthetic practices have as their origins and ends the critical transformation of settler late liberalism,…
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Please join us at BEK Saturday 17 September! Visual artist Åse Løvgren will be showing excerpts of her work in a variety of media: video, photogrammetry and animation. The event is part of the art festival B-open 2022. Time: Saturday 17 September, 12.00–17.00 Place: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55, 9th floor Løvgren is currently finishing work on an exhibition to…
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Please join us for BEK’s summer party on Friday 12 August at 19:00 for a night celebrating BEK-community and the last days of summer! We will open the party with a workshop by Sveinung Rudjord Unneland, Borghild Rudjord Unneland and Charlotte Besuijen, inviting you to decorate our blank walls with neon tape and glitter. The tape project “Continuous re-mark” is open…
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Prøverommet and BEK present MILF (Mother I’d Like to Eat) by Lana May Fleming, live streamed by Bertha Chan and Ingrid Ormevik. Monday 25 April19:00 – 19:30The Vimeo live stream has now ended. MILF (Mother I’d Like To Eat) is a performative cooking show by the artist Lana May Fleming, which draws a comparison between the construction of food imagery and the…
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