Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Before taking some days off to rest and recharge, the BEK symposium team – Maria Rusinovskaya, Åse Løvgren, Espen Sommer Eide, Morten Norbye Halvorsen, Emilie J. Wright, Åsne Hagen, and Kaeto Sweeney  – would like to thank you all warmly: The artists and thinkers for taking part in the programme and engaging with the symposium themes: Catherine Malabou, Elizabeth A. Povinelli,…

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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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Please join us for the screening of Eduardo Williams’s new video A very long gif. Video screeningTime: 13 November, 12:00-17:00 – the 78-minute video will be screened on a loopVenue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3 Recorded with a swallowed pill camera, the video A very long gif is an observational journey through the landscape of the digestive system, combined with a detailed zoom into cities…

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Artist Hanan Benammar exhibits “The Universal Periodic Review” at Hordaland kunstsenter, transforming the material recorded and gathered from Benammar’s performance for BEK’s symposium The Only Lasting Truth is Change. ExhibitionOpening: 13 November 17:00Opening hours: 16 November–22 December 2022 and 4–8 January 2023, Wed-Sun 12:00-17:00 Venue: Hordaland kunstsenter (HKS), Klosteret Western Sahara has been occupied by Morocco since 1975, after being…

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Coinciding with the symposium, the gallery Entrée functions as a library on the subject of writing, housing an open and plural conversation about the conditions of writing, initiated by Andrea Spreafico. Exhibition and performances (lemmas)Time: 3 September–13 November, Wed-SunVenue: Entrée, Markeveien 4b https://entreebergen.no/ Writing has perhaps never been so present in everyday life as it is right now, a preferred…

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Choreographer and visual artist Helle Siljeholm and geologist Øyvind Paasche invite the audience for a guided walk around Nesttun pond. Situated at the foot of a mountain in a suburban landscape, the pond is continuously affected by flood. Participants will explore and contemplate the pond’s geological archive, over 6000 years of materials that rests below the water surface, through a sense based journey at…

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Matti Aikio is a Sámi visual artist from Finnish side of the Sápmi. His DJ-sets include music ranging from disco to house and techno, African rhythms and indigenous sounds from all over the world. DJ setTime: 12 November 00:45Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3Tickets: register in advance with TicketCo for a free ticket valid for entry until 23:00. Tickets at the door are 150 NOK.…

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Formed in 2012 in the Mlaszi township of Durban South Africa, Phelimuncasi is a trio of Gqom vocalists comprised of twins Makan Nana and Khera and Malathon. ConcertTime: 12 November 23:45Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3Tickets: register in advance with TicketCo for a free ticket valid for entry until 23:00. Tickets at the door are 150 NOK. Phelimuncasi’s music is enchanting and potent,…

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Ukrainian-born and Berlin-based Kateryna Zavoloka, who goes by the stage name Zavoloka, is a composer, sound artist, performer, and visual artist who devotes herself to orchestrating uncompromising experimental music free from genre-dependent definitions and styles. Her works stem from a strong conceptual research-based core, and combines traditional and mechanical elements. Audio-visual performanceTime: 12 November 22:45Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3Tickets: register in…

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Rehana Zaman presents Rubus, a performance that takes up a multi-dimensional conversation on the social currencies and economies of industrial berry farming.  PerformanceTime: 12 November 21:45Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3 Tickets: register in advance with TicketCo for a free ticket valid for entry until 23:00. Tickets at the door are 150 NOK. Encompassing moving image, sound works and performance, Zaman has invited writers and poets Seán…

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