BEK invites participants to a new online workshop on the topic of machine learning for sound makers, as part of our collaboration series with Notam: “Workshops for Advanced Users”. Workshop dates: 20–24 June Registration deadline: 31 May This workshop will focus on the recently developed software / machine learning model RAVE (Realtime Audio Variational autoEncoder), and is led by the…
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BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts – is looking for a producer in art and technology for a 60% position. We are looking for a knowledgeable and ambitious colleague with a broad technical expertise in sound art and visual art. If you have rich and varied experience in developing and implementing complex, demanding projects within the field of art…
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Nasjonalmuseet and BEK invite artists to a workshop introducing the Video Art Archive – a reference archive and a portal for artists, curators, art historians and researchers. The archive offers artists the opportunity to store metadata and files in a secure way for the future, and the workshop will give an introduction to uploading and registering of your own video…
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Nora Adwan’s video installation Sang i et fremmed land will be exhibited at Astrup Fearnley Museet 23 April – 7 August 2022. Adwan has been in a studio residency at BEK to develop material for the installation. During her BEK residency, Adwan explored custom-made speakers, composition and editing of sound and video material, as well as combining recorded voice and…
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[Update: the workshop is now fully booked!] We have two vacant spots for the workshop series “Rewilding Practice” in spring 2022. The workshop is aimed at artists, musicians, curators, and educators. Please get in touch at bek@bek.no if you would like to attend! There will be three sessions: 23 March, 13:00-15:00 CET – Online session.13 April, 13:00-15:00 CET – Online…
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Our studios and spaces are open for short term project residencies at BEK. If you are working on an art project involving sound, moving image or electronics you are welcome to apply for a residency in our studios for a period of 2-4 weeks. Application deadline: 15 January 2022. The residencies are open to professional artists and we prioritise projects…
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As an extension of the project Inter-symmetric Works, exploring new forms of remote participation and networked interaction between audiences and collaborators, Rian Treanor convenes a workshop on sound synthesis and algorithmic pattern making for the symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change. The workshop is developed for and with people with different levels of learning difficulties, as well as a…
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Do you remember when you last heard a new musical genre for the first time, or a completely new auditory universe, or a surprising combination of sounds you did not expect to fit together? With BEK Studio Sessions, we aim to cultivate this moment. For this version, Peder Niilas Tårnesvik and Elina Waage Mikalsen will be working together in BEK´s…
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As part of the symposium “The Only Lasting Truth is Change”, BEK invites creative practitioners to the workshop series “Rewilding Practice”. Led by multidisciplinary artist Mark Fell, with philosopher Robin Mackay, this workshop series aims to critically examine beliefs about creative practice — for example, relationships between creativity and technology, approaches to collaboration, concerns with authorship and agency; as well…
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This week, eight participants are assembled on BEKs premises for part one of the workshop “Landscape as Material Witness”. In the inaugural part of the workshop, Fredrik Salhus gave an introduction to photogrammetry as a tool for artists. The participants have been presented with ways to use photogrammetry when mapping and investigating objects or smaller defined areas. As a technique,…
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