Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

SATURDAY 15 JUNE
ØSTRE & THE UNFINISHED INSTITUTION

On Saturday 15 June, Ekko announces the first names of artists for Ekko Festival 2024. Join us for this one day release event featuring a performance by Mark Fell and Rian Treanor, the opening of Emily Adomah’s new sound piece “Den 25te symfoni” and a dj-set by CCL (Subglow) & Ekko djs. In addition, Østre has their official opening of the new roof terrace named “Øverst”!

PROGRAM – THE UNFINISHED INSTITUTION
17:00–22:00
PERFORMANCE WITH MARK FELL AND RIAN TREANOR
A performance exploring procedural and collective systems with Mark Fell and Rian Treanor. Participating artists: August Ramstad, Alexis Stokke, Sabine Popp, Ronja Michelsen, Sean Chua, Güliz Portakaloglu, Michalis Lavdas, Moana Le Meur.

The performance builds on the foundation of “Performance and Procedure” – the workshop for artists, conveyed by Fell and Treanor at BEK in Bergen on 2 June. Read more here.

PROGRAM – ØSTRE
22:00–03:00
CCL (DJ-SET)
EMILY ADOMAH: «DEN 25TE SYMFONI» (OPENING)
EKKO DJS: SKJEGGET, EGGET AND MULDVARPEN

Opening of “Øverst” – new roof terrace!
First artist release for Ekko Festival 2024.
Read more about program and times here (Norwegian only).

TICKETS
You can buy three different tickets:
Performance by Mark Fell and Rian Treanor: 120,- (regular)/ 100,- (student)
Release party + performance Fell/Treanor: 150,-
Get your tickets here via ticketco.
For questions, please contact post@oestre.no.

Mark Fell is a multidisciplinary artist based in Rotherham (UK). Recognised as being one of the most compelling and influential electronic artists in the world, his practice draws upon electronic music subcultures, experimental film, contemporary philosophy and radical politics. Over the past 30 years Fell’s output has grown into a significant body of work – from early electronic sound works and recorded pieces, to installation, critical texts, curatorial projects, educational systems and choreographic performances. Fell´s recent works, drawing from sacred geometries to programming structures, underline his particular interest in non-linear systems and structures, and our complex interrelationships with them. 

Rian Treanor re-imagines club culture, experimental art and computer music, presenting an insightful and compelling musical world of fractured and interlocking components. His debut album ‘ATAXIA’ for Planet Mu in 2019 established him as both a disruptive and essential new voice in British underground club music. His latest album ‘File Under UK Metaplasm’ takes inspiration from his residency at the Nyege Nyege collective’s Boutique Studio in Kampala in 2018, incorporating the high-def bass weight of his home town Sheffield with the enigmatic energy of Tanzanian Singeli and Footwork. Using the programming language Max/MSP he develops bespoke software to explore extended rhythmic techniques and algorithmic processes, building devices that enable spontaneous pattern modulation within various collaborations, workshops, live performances and installations.

CCL specializes in the liquefaction of rhythmic and melodic matter – combustive phase transitions through cowgirl-breaks, trip-funk, wiggle steppers.

Emily Adomah is a singer, composer and dj, graduated from the Norwegian Academy of Music. In addition to having performed on several of Bergen’s stages with her solo project, she has composed music for film and dance.

The performance takes place in the facilities of DUI (den uferdige institusjonen/the unfinished institution). DUI is a studio community, production- and exhibition space for artists in Laksevåg. Inspired by Oscar & Sofie Hansen’s open form theory, DUI is founded on an approach to art and artistic practice as a fundamentally open process in continuous transformation. Art-as-process is simultaneously collective and individual and emphasizes participation and dynamic relationships between artist, viewer, recipient, and user. The release party takes place at Østre – Østre Skostredet 3.

The event is supported by Arts Council Norway, City of Bergen and Vestland City Council. It is part of New Perspectives for Action, a project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by The European Union.

Images: Graphic design by Ekko, photos from the workshop “Performance and Procedure” at BEK 2 June. Photos: BEK.