As part of our remote residency programme BEK Off-Centred, we have been collaborating with Ramallah-based artist Dakn. Together with Another Sky Festival, we have commissioned a new sound piece from Dakn – داكنْ Heart Gate’ – which had its world premiere on 21 September 2024 at Cafe OTO in London.
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The Only Lasting Truth is Change is a symposium investigating how artistic practice and its methodologies are constantly changing in response to the shifting political, technological and ecological landscapes we live in. For the 2023 edition, the symposium engages notions of Hallucinating, Computing and Collapsing to examine how different perceptions of reality arise and collide in our steadily more automated world. With…
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The BEK team will be taking time off in July; we’re back in the house on 1 August. We wish you a restful summer. Meanwhile, save the date for the BEK summer party 18 August – we hope to see you there!
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If you are working on an art project involving sound or moving image, you are welcome to apply for a studio residency at BEK lasting 2–6 weeks. The application deadline is 28 May 2023. The open call applies to residencies in the period of 7 August–17 December 2023. You can apply for a residency in our sound studio or video…
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This statement of support was collectively written and signed by cultural workers and cultural organisations in Bergen and Norway. The text and the initiative belong to the community. The statement was signed by 250 cultural workers and 40 culture organisations before being published at change.org/PapillonBergen. As independent cultural workers and art organisations in Bergen and Norway, we express our public…
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BEK is looking for a new Information Manager in a 50% position. Application deadline: 12 April 2023.Please find the full announcement text in Norwegian here. Photos: Thor Brødreskift (1, 2, 4), Synne Sofi Bårdsdatter Bønes (3).
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BEK is thrilled to be part of the new project of Re-Imagine Europe, a collaboration of fourteen interdisciplinary arts organisations across Europe. The network has received support from the Creative Europe programme for the project New Perspectives for Action, starting in February 2023. New Perspectives for Action is a four-year transnational co-creation and circulation project by Re-Imagine Europe, and builds…
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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 2–6 weeks. Next application deadline: 8 January 2023. For residencies in the period 1 February–30 June 2023, the application deadline is 8 January 2023. We will also announce a second open call for the…
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Artists have the possibility of using equipment at BEK during studio residencies in our spaces and while developing projects commissioned by BEK. We cannot provide equipment on a general basis and do not lend equipment externally. BEK wants to contribute to the local art scene by developing technical expertise in the field and being a relevant working space for artists.…
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The Only Lasting Truth is Change is an expanded symposium investigating future configurations of art, technology, nature and power. With contributions from Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Susan Schuppli, Ingrid Burrington & Ann Chen, Rehana Zaman, Seán Elder, Nat Raha, Daniella Valz Gen, I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free, Hanan Benammar, Martin Zeilinger, Matti Aikio, Toril Johannessen, Rian…
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