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BEK is closed during the Christmas holiday from December 20th to January 7th. Those of you who have an agreement on the use of project rooms and studios are welcome to use these. We want to thank you all for a fantastic year, and look forward to a new and exciting year of art!
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This autumn, Trond Lossius ended his position at BEK as Research Coordinator, in order to take up a new post as Head of Artistic Research and Fellowship Programme at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Trond has been active at BEK since its very beginning in 2000, as Director, Technical Manager for Sound Art, and as a pioneer of artistic…
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BEK has a reference library with literature, journals and catalogues that focus on contemporary art and music, particularly sound art and new media, as well as technical reference literature. As a BEK-user, you can take books out, otherwise the library is available for reference reading at BEK. We provide access to electronic literature and lynda.com, where there are a variety…
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Due to demolition work in our building, unfortunately the network access and the BEK’s server has been down. We apologize for any inconvenience. We have established an alternate line to BEK, and are now back online.
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BEK will be closed for the summer from July 1st to August 14th. We wish you all a wonderful summer!
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August 21, Trond Lossius joins the newly created position as head of artistic development, research and the fellowships program at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO). It is sad for us that Trond has resigned from his position as Research Coordinator at BEK, but we congratulate most warmly both Trond and KHIO with the employment. Trond has been…
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Anne Tveit Knutsen’s video work “Til far” has been bought by the fund for Norwegian crafts, and will be given to KODE – Bergen Art Museum. Until January 1st 2017 the work also can be seen in Tveit Knutsen’s exhibition “Hvit substans” at SOFT Galleri in Oslo. BEK has contributed with counseling and technical support in sound recording for the video «Til far».
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We have a new colleague! We are happy to announce that Vilde Salhus Røed has accepted to fill the position as communication manager at BEK in a 20% position.
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BIT Teatergarasjen and Carte Blanche need our support! Please read more and sign the petition here. The petition is available in Norwegian and English.
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The call for NIME 2011, 11th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical, is out. The call is also asking for contributions towards an exhibition on sonic interaction design that will be curated in collaboration with the EU COST IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design (SID). The exhibition, produced by BEK, will take place at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine.
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