Thank you all for dropping by BEK for our family day in collaboration with Borealis – a festival for experimental music! Here’s a throwback to a playful day of sound loops, cardboard fort galore and a sound making workshop with artist Kjersti Alm Eriksen. We’re already looking forward to seeing you all again! Watch the news report by NRK Vestlandsrevyen (broadcast on 20.03.23)…
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Bring the whole family and join us at BEK for an afternoon of sonic experimentation on Sunday 19 March! This event is presented in collaboration with Borealis – a festival for experimental music. Family day programme 11:30: Doors open 11:30–16:00: Open house with Sonic Loops workshop. Free, drop in. All ages welcome. 12:00–13:00 and 13:00–14:00: Lydlagerlaging workshop with Kjersti Alm…
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On 15 March, Amber Ablett will premiere the first part of My Fathers Left, a work co-commissioned by Borealis – a festival for experimental music and BEK. The premiere is part of An Exquisite Korps, the 20 year anniversary concert of Borealis, which takes place in Hallen USF, opening the 2023 festival. My Fathers Left is a sonic poem and…
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The video “A very long gif” by Eduardo Williams, co-produced by BEK with Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao, is being screened at the 73rd annual Berlin International Film Festival. Part of the programme “An Atypical Orbit”, the video will be screened at the festival from 16 to 26 February 2023. The Norwegian premiere of the film took place in Bergen in…
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You’re warmly invited to join us 23–26 February as we celebrate our community with an open house, artist talks, workshops and performances at BEK, and an inspiring film programme at Bergen Kjøtt. Come by BEK for crash courses in using our sound and video studios, followed by a shared dinner and live mixing of sound and video! Get a glimpse…
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Please join us for artist talks by current and recent BEK residents Amber Ablett, Cici Wu, and Samuel Brzeski as part of BEK Opening Week! Ablett, Wu, and Brzeski, all of whom are current or recent BEK residents, talk about their artistic processes and works in progress. Thursday 23 FebruaryBEK, C. Sundts gate 55, 9th floor18:00Free and open for all…
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Join us for crash courses in our sound and video studios as part of BEK Opening Week! Beginners and curious folk get an introduction to using our studios, equipment and software followed by a shared dinner and a possibility to test live mixing of sound and image. Friday 24 FebruaryBEK, C. Sundts gate 55, 9th floor16:00 Free and open for all…
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Please join us for two exciting sound performances as part of BEK Opening Week 2023! Our recent studio resident tonota performs her multichannel work “uncertainty”, followed by a multichannel live set from Arthur Hureau. Saturday 25 February18:00 Doors open. 19:00 Concert startsBEK, C. Sundts gate 55, 9th floorFree and open for all (no registration required!) tonota: “uncertainty“ “uncertainty” is a…
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Please join us for a film programme at Bergen Kjøtt! The BEK team presents films that inspire us and mark some of our research interests – by Ayoung Kim, Karrabing Film Collective, Josèfa Ntjam, and Rory Pilgrim. Sunday 26 FebruaryBergen Kjøtt, Skutevikstorget 1Doors open at 18:00; screening starts at 18.15Free and open for all (no registration required!) Ayoung Kim: “Delivery…
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The QGIS workshop at BEK 24–25 November inspired the participants to delve deeper into the geographic information system (GIS) software QGIS. The workshop was organised as an extension to “Where is the High North?”, artist Toril Johannessen’s contribution to the symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change. The workshop, led by Helge Nysæter and Simon Šanca from the Western Norway…
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