Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

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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Eduardo Williams shares excerpts of his latest works – A very long gif and The Human Surge 3 – and speaks of his approach to filmmaking, physical intuition, and the constant movement that creates a melody of surprise, variation and connection between different spaces and bodies. Talk and screeningTime: 12 November 15:45Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3Streaming: https://vimeo.com/event/2528179 Recorded with a swallowed pill camera,…

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The “High North” is not a place with a clear geographical border, but rather a fluid concept whose meaning has changed over the past decades. By drawing maps showing linguistic phenomena in this approximate area, Toril Johannessen traces fragments of military presence and geopolitical affairs in the everyday language and in the landscape. TalkTime: 12 November at 14:30Venue: Østre, Østre…

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During the symposium, the artist and researcher Susan Schuppli presents a newly created project, Ice Records – a sonic exploration of the climate records captured in ice sheets and glaciers. The project takes the form of a listening session, a text work, an LP, and a lecture. TalkTime: 12 November at 13:30Venue: Østre, Østre Skostredet 3 Available at Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/773743114 As…

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Together we will listen to the LP Ice Records which includes material from Susan Schuppli´s encounters with scientists, ecologists, activists, communities, and folk singers. From field recordings captured at glacial sites by researchers in Canada, Svalbard, Norway, and India to a Ladakhi folk song about mountains, rivers, and streams, these tracks take listeners into the sonic worlds of ice. LP…

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