Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Awne is an approach to art making where natural farming, agroforestry, buddhism, cosmocentric farming, biocultural systems, forest gardening and biomimicry meet sound and art. By looking at different ways of positioning yourself as nature (instead of in nature) you can take a different approach to your own practice. By exploring and applying Awne you can increase your awareness of different processes that occur around us, the complexity of these processes, the sustainability of your practice and your place as nature.

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Is dance a universal language? Rita Maria Muñoz is researching this question and invites you to a special performance experiment where you will be able to experience the movements, thoughts and silences of the performance. As a spectator you are welcomed and allowed a place to question and ponder what dance is, what it is to you, and if dance is a universal language.

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Please join us for a presentation by Karen Werner, an artist currently doing a work residence at BEK from her own home. Set up outside of Skottegaten 20, this will be a live radio broadcast and street party!

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In this Verktøykassen we will look into openFrameworks which is a creative tool consisting of C ++ libraries with open source code such as openGL (Graphic Language) and openCV (Computer Vision). openFrameworks is designed designed to assist the creative process by providing a simple and intuitive framework for experimentation.

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In the Project Space, Hordaland Kunstsenter presents Visus Tactus Gustus by Eleanor Clare and Dillan Marsh. In this installation of new works the artist duo take inspiration from Munkeliv kloster. The exhibition includes a 6 channel sound installation, for which Clare and Marsh used the studio at BEK to make vocal recordings and got technical and artistic guidance throughout the process.

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Prøverommet invites you to participate in a beta test* of VUMA Soner, the geo-triggered audio app by VUMA Projects, made in collaboration with BEK. Tickets are free but registered through TicketCo (only 8 spaces per time-slot).

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During this year’s Ekko Festival, Ekko and BEK together present a live, film and exhibition program. The festival runs from October to November, and a more performances will be released soon. Go to the Ekko Festival page for full programme.

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The Blended Reality Lecture Series invites new media practitioners from around the world to share their work and research in Bergen. The artists that are being featured will not be travelling to Bergen, but will use video conferencing and other online tools — in sometimes unexpected ways — to experiment with  the possibilities of remote lectures and interactivity. The Blended…

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in the period of 26.9 – 2.10, artist Toril Johannessen will be present with photo stations at Entrée and at various departments of Bergen Public Library. Here, she will tell you more about the art project and help you out if you want to contribute.

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Welcome to the opening of You Will Meet a Bird with Strange Feet by Ayatgali Tuleubek. The exhibition will be shown at Aldea Gallery 26th September – 25th October, and is the result of Tuleubeks artist in residence at Aldea and BEK. 

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