Lin Pei-Han is in a studio residency at BEK, preparing for three upcoming exhibitions in 2024. Lin is currently working on a project that combines animation and video in BEK’s video studio, exploring border research and inherited historical trauma. The project will be showcased at Lin’s solo exhibitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vadsø Kunstforening this summer, and in a…
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BEK begins the new year with presentations from several artists focusing on listening and sound. Please join us for a semester start with performances and presentations, a movie and a workshop connected to BEK’s latest studio residencies and projects. The week starts and ends in Pauline Oliveros’ spirit: try a workshop in Extended Listening inspired by the legendary composer and…
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BEK, in collaboration with Arild Boman, will develop an instrument based on machine learning models trained on original live recordings of Arild Boman’s piece Ecumene performed at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in 1969. BEK and Boman are looking at the possibilities of creating an artificial intelligence that, through these models and an interaction software, enables a relationship between man and…
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Animaphany is a mixture of discovery and repetition. What remains and what is added in the translation from one language to another? What happens to the original content when it’s told by new voices? What happens when historical content is reintroduced in the present, and in what direction does the time travel go? Saturday 17 February18:30BEK, C. Sundts gate 55,…
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If you are working on an art project involving sound, moving image or electronics, you are welcome to apply for a studio residency at BEK lasting for 2–6 weeks. The application deadline is 7 January 2024. This open call applies to residencies in the period 1 February-30 June 2024. We will later announce a second open call for the period…
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As part of the upcoming symposium “The Only Lasting Truth is Change 2023”, BEK invites artists, scholars and foresters to the workshop “Forests as Environmental Media: Vegetalizing a Smart Forests Atlas” led by researcher, writer, and practitioner Jennifer Gabrys. Environmental digital technologies are now planetary in scope, monitoring oceans and farms, cities and atmospheres. Remote sensing satellites and in-situ sensors,…
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When does sound turn into noise, and noise into pollution? The Bergen-based artist Emily Adomah has been doing a studio residency in the sound studio at BEK the last couple of weeks. Adomah works with the project “pollution”, where she examines the relationship between people and sound pollution. By approaching background sounds in different landscapes, she explores how one consciously…
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We are happy and proud to announce Johanne Øra Danielsen as a new member to the BEK team. From August 2023, Johanne is employed as the new information manager, and will continue to work on making BEK more visible, engaging and accessible. Departing information manager Åsne Hagen has worked in the position since 2021, and is now moving to Oslo…
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Thank you all for dropping by BEK for our family day in collaboration with Borealis – a festival for experimental music! Here’s a throwback to a playful day of sound loops, cardboard fort galore and a sound making workshop with artist Kjersti Alm Eriksen. We’re already looking forward to seeing you all again! Watch the news report by NRK Vestlandsrevyen (broadcast on 20.03.23)…
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Multidisciplinary artist Mark Fell is back in Bergen. During his May residency he has participated in The Pirate Academy and leads the continuation of his workshop series “Rewilding Practice”. Fell’s residency is organised in cooperation between BEK and KORO’s project STUDIO at KMD, exploring studio practices and work processes in fine art, music and design. The first part of Fell’s…
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