Once In a Blue Moon
Published
Join us at BEK on 30 May for Once in a Blue Moon, a celebration of the rare Blue Moon of May 2026.
Saturday, May 30. 12:00–22:00
BEK, C. Sundts gate 55, floor 9.
Free entry
About:
The phenomenon of a Blue Moon — the second full moon in a single month — has long been imagined as a sign of disruption, wonder, and strangeness: a moment when ordinary temporalities loosen their hold, opening space beyond our everyday tempos and capitalist rhythms.
What might it mean to step, even briefly, into a different experience of time? What forms of being, relation, and more-than-human connection might emerge there?
The event will feature a durational listening room, live performances, sound walking, readings, and shared listening, inviting audiences to imagine and inhabit time differently.
Programme:
12:00–18.00 Lunar Meditation
A drop-in, drift-out room of drones and deep listening.
16:00 Sound walking
A journey of sound and storytelling through the city.
From 18:30 until late
Performances, readings, listening encounters.
The programme was developed through collaborative practices set in motion on the first full moon of 1 May involving Eva Matsigkou, Feronia Wennborg, Daiyen Jone, Alica Tserkovnaja, Wolfgang Schmid, Eva Vukich, Raheel Khan, Danae Stefanou, Knut Jonas Sellevold, Katarina Dorothea Isaksen, Jill Halstead and Soledad Marimbio
Convened by Knut Jonas Sellevold, Raheel Khan, and Jill Halstead
Support
Once in a Blue Moon is a special edition of The Listening Body, an artistic project led by Jill Halstead, supported by the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD), University of Bergen, Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture and Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts.
Poster artwork by Trevor Naud
Accessibility
BEK’s space unfortunately is not wheelchair accessible. Please send us an email at bek@bek.no if you’re using a wheelchair, and we’ll do our best to facilitate your needs. Our space has all gender toilet facilities. Service dogs are welcome. We also provide the option of a quiet room.