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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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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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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