The 6th Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) within COST-IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design is now out. STSMs are aimed at strengthening the existing networks by allowing scientists to go to an institution or laboratory in another COST member state to foster collaboration and exchange. Anyone interested in applying for a mission from/to BEK, please contact Trond Lossius.
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After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, “In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony.” I explained to him that I had no feeling for harmony. He then said that I would always encounter an obstacle, that it would be as though I came to a wall through which I could not pass. I said, “In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.” “Listening to Donald Judd” is a collaboration between BEK and KHIB.
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Jamoma is a framework for structured programming in the multimedia environment Max/MSP/Jitter. Version 0.5 was released recently. This session will give an introduction to the use of Jamoma, how to create your own modules, and will look into how Jamoma might benefit structuring and control of patches. loadbang is a collaboration between BEK and KHIB.
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For this weeks session on advanced topics in real-time processing of media, we will be looking Fast Fourier Transforms and spectral analysis and processing. Fourier Transforms can be used for analysis and processing of audio and image in the frequency domain. loadbang is a collaboration between BEK and KHIB.
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Gisle Martens Meyer is a norwegian musician and composer, born in 1975, and living in Bergen. Gisle had a commercial breakthrough with the electronica project UGRESS in the early 2000s. The use of cinematic elements both in music and on stage made Ugress very popular. His musical career developed into several different projects, and Gisle is a frequently used composer in films, TV, theatre, computer games and art.
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Jamoma is an open-source project for structured programming in Max/MSP/Jitter and is based on modular principles that allow the reuse of functionalities whereas all parameters remain customizable to specific needs.
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The flutist and improviser Bjørnar Habbestad is currently doing a residency in Albi, France, as part of a cultural exchange program between BEK and GMEA Centre National de Création Musicale. He will be collaborating with Pascal Baltazar on a joint commission from BEK and GMEA.
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The Signatur youngsters will play a trigging consert at Avgarde on Saturday 8th of May. The event will take place in Tårnet at Bergen Art Museum. Last chance to add finishing touches to samples and costumes was on Saturday, 1th of May.
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Two basic two-day introduction courses at BEK. One in video editing, and the other in basic digital and stop-motion animation. Course leader is Marieke Verbiesen. Get in touch for more info and to sign up. There are still some places available on both courses.
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“I’ve always imagined myself as a pilot of a space ship, flying through that musical universe, going wherever I want to go, encountering sounds in whatever order I choose, realizing a limitless variety of musical forms” -Joel Chadabe. The audiovisual installation “Satelitt” opens Friday at Lydgalleriet.
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