Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Say hello to Walla Walla Valhalla! A gathering around experimental film, moving image and other concepts related to the outskirts of film production. WWV it’s a two-day event starting on Saturday 18th of November with film screenings from artists Von Calhau! (PT) and Marius Mørch (NO). On Sunday 19th there will be a masterclass from Von Calhau! at BEK. Both days…

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Stian Remvik at BEK has set up four Arun mats in the interactive installation Urban point. The installation is a 2,5 m3 large cube sprayed with graffiti, with sound from the graffiti process. The audience can turn the sound on and off by stepping on the mats. Arun mats are produced for and used as security alarms, but in the…

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BEK has been a consultant in the production process and supported the exhibition It Is Only Through Your Thoughts That I Can Remember Who I Am: An Exhibition in Three Acts at Kunsthall 3.14 with equipment. The exhibition opening is Friday October 20th at 18.00.   It Is Only Through Your Thoughts That I Can Remember Who I Am: An…

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Marieke Verbiesen will present her installation Mayhem Machine during the ADE Sound Lab in Amsterdam. In a QA she will present her works and the technology she develops.   About Mayhem Machine “Mayhem Machine is an interactive instrument that produces synchronised sound, light and animation compositions, controlled by the audience via a custommade interface. The installation features instruments that can…

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At the international theatre festival METEOR 2017 you can see results from the research- and collaborative project Blind Spot, where BEK is one of the collaborators. Blind Spot – Staring Down the Void The performance Blind Spot – Staring Down the Void is playfully presented by a group of artists spanning several genres, who share an interest in our sense of…

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Notam and BEK will arrange a series of workshops intended for advanced users, from 2017 to 2019. The workshops will be technical in nature, and the participants are therefore required to possess basic skills in programming, especially in Max, and signal processing. The workshops will be held in English, and will be arranged alternately in Oslo and Bergen. There is…

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Marieke Verbiesen’s interactive installation Mayhem Machine visits Bristol at the Encounters Festival! On Wednesday September 20th at 10.30 Marieke will take part in a Q&A titled “The Future of Animation & Interactivity». Read more about Mayhem Machine at Encounters Festival here.   About Mayhem Machine Mayhem Machine is an interactive instrument that produces synchronized sound, light and animation compositions, controlled…

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For Katy Penny’s exhibition CLEAR AS MUD, Stian Remvik at BEK has set up three Arun mats in the interactive installation. The audience can turn the sound on and off by stepping on the mats. Utstillingen CLEAR AS MUD utforsker grensen mellom det private og det offentlige, og er sentrert rundt kunstneren sitt lokalmiljø i Ytre Arna. Et rom i Penny sitt…

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BandOrg and BEK invite you to an innovative pedal workshop where you will build FORM, an outstanding pedal developed and manufactured exclusively for BandOrg. BandOrg has built many pedals and tested even more pedals from well known and unknown manufacturers in recent years. After playing the beta version of FORM on various instruments, they tell us that this pedal glitches,…

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BEK is proud to offer a beginner course in Ableton Live. The course will be led by Vegard Bolstad, and last for five weeks, 6 course days in total. You can choose between taking the day-course (hours 11-15), or the evening-course (17-21 hours).The course will focus on the participants’ own ambitions and development, and will lead to a concrete work…

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