Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Presented in collaboration with BEK at Borealis, Vedøya – Laments to the birdmountain who lost their voice opens Borealis 2026 with a powerful, multidisciplinary stage work exploring the dramatic silencing of one of Northern Europe’s richest seabird colonies. Developed from Elin Már Øyen Vister’s long-term research project Soundscape Røst, the performance weaves together music, film, dance, field recordings and storytelling in a poetic reflection on loss, memory and ecological change.

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The performance presents a collaborative audiovisual tapestry developed during a three-day workshop led by Cameron Graham, followed by a conversation with Zein Majali.

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Film programmme curated by Ayman Alazraq and fundraiser for Hassala - A Lifeline for Gaza Artists

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BEK opens the new year with a week featuring a three‑day workshop on Sensory Percussion, accompanied by a public installation, performance and conversation, as well as a curated film programme and fundraiser focused on Gaza.

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Detailed programme for BEKs symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change 2025.

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Monday Lectures at the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen is pleased to invite you all to the public lecture “Moving Images — of, from and to Palestine” by artist Shuruq Harb.

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In the run up to BEKs symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change: Voice, Seed, Brutality. Russell Haswell will host a 2 day workshop that will culminate in a live collective diffusion on the final day of the symposium 23. November. 

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Conversation between Shuruq Harb, who will join the discussion digitally, and Mihkkal Hætta

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In the Presence of Absence by Shuruq Harb is a poetic and sensory live performance that contemplates a beautiful stone in Ein Qiniya, on the outskirts of Ramallah. Through this intimate reading of place, Harb reflects on a mountain suspended between preservation and prohibition, where the traces of mysticism linger amid the violent absurditites of “Area C”.

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Artist and researcher Ameneh Solati presents a performance lecture that explores the wetlands of southern Iraq as dynamic political landscapes where environmental, social, and historical forces intertwine. Moving between past and present, Solati traces a continuum of ecological violence and resistance.

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