Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Come join us at BEK for an informal guided tour through our studios and spaces during Kulturnatt, and the installation “Land Bodies, Decomposing Mass” by artists Ingrid Bjørnaali, Fabian Lanzmaier and Maria Simmons.  The three channel sound and video installation focuses on peatlands and their interpretation through various recordings and 3D computing technologies. Using photogrammetry images, field recordings and synthesized…

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Please join us for the one-night symposium “Electronic Conceptions of the Metamorphic” organised by Andreas Kühne, concluding his BEK residency! Time: 30 May 2023, 19:00–21:30Place: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55Free entry, no sign-up required! What is energy, where does it come from and how do we relate to it? In large, energy is something that can be contained or viewed…

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Join our studio resident Boris Shershenkov for a night walk starting from BEK, creating a light and sound map of the area around Nordnes.  Time: 3 May, 21:00 Starting point: BEK, C. Sundts gate 55Sign-up: send an email to resources@bek.no by 1 May. Places are limited (7 participants). The walk will be guided in English. It is free and no prior…

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BEK will have a stand at Bergen Art Book Fair 14.–16 April. Our selection includes a new publication by BEK, as well as vinyl records, books, and artists’ books by artists and writers in BEKs network. Time:Friday 14 April 17:00–20:00Saturday 15 April + Sunday 16 April 11:00–17:00Place: Bergen Kunsthall, Rasmus Meyers allé 5 For this year’s BABF, we’ve made a…

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Bring the whole family and join us at BEK for an afternoon of sonic experimentation on Sunday 19 March! This event is presented in collaboration with Borealis – a festival for experimental music. Family day programme 11:30: Doors open 11:30–16:00: Open house with Sonic Loops workshop. Free, drop in. All ages welcome.  12:00–13:00 and 13:00–14:00: Lydlagerlaging workshop with Kjersti Alm…

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On 15 March, Amber Ablett will premiere the first part of My Fathers Left, a work co-commissioned by Borealis – a festival for experimental music and BEK. The premiere is part of An Exquisite Korps, the 20 year anniversary concert of Borealis, which takes place in Hallen USF, opening the 2023 festival. My Fathers Left is a sonic poem and…

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The video “A very long gif” by Eduardo Williams, co-produced by BEK with Azkuna Zentroa in Bilbao, is being screened at the 73rd annual Berlin International Film Festival. Part of the programme “An Atypical Orbit”, the video will be screened at the festival from 16 to  26 February 2023. The Norwegian premiere of the film took place in Bergen in…

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You’re warmly invited to join us 23–26 February as we celebrate our community with an open house, artist talks, workshops and performances at BEK, and an inspiring film programme at Bergen Kjøtt. Come by BEK for crash courses in using our sound and video studios, followed by a shared dinner and live mixing of sound and video! Get a glimpse…

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Please join us for artist talks by current and recent BEK residents Amber Ablett, Cici Wu, and Samuel Brzeski as part of BEK Opening Week! Ablett, Wu, and Brzeski, all of whom are current or recent BEK residents, talk about their artistic processes and works in progress. Thursday 23 FebruaryBEK, C. Sundts gate 55, 9th floor18:00Free and open for all…

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Join us for crash courses in our sound and video studios as part of BEK Opening Week! Beginners and curious folk get an introduction to using our studios, equipment and software followed by a shared dinner and a possibility to test live mixing of sound and image. Friday 24 FebruaryBEK, C. Sundts gate 55, 9th floor16:00 Free and open for all…

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