Freja Bäckman’s I was told I chop wood like a ballet dancer is a concert in the forms of a performance and an installation, that will take place at District Berlin April 30th. Bäckman was artist in residency at USF Verftet earlier this year, and was working on this project during her stay. BEK has been supporting the development of…
The legendary composer, writer and data programmer Curtis Roads has been one of the leading characters within computer music since the 70’s. He is an expert in granular synthesis, and has written several works of reference about sound and composition. This night Curtis Roads will perform his own works at Østre. The concert is organized in collaboration between Lydgalleriet, BEK,…
For the one-day mini-festival GJENLYD the contemporary music scene in Bergen will be celebrating local hero Morten Eide Pedersen, new music pioneer Pierre Boulez and compositional contortionist Ruben Sverre Gjertsen – whose music is famously impossible to play. Among other, you can experience Trond Lossius’ installation where he uses material that the composer, teacher and driving force in Bergen contemporary…
During Borealis, Signe Lidén and Espen Sommer Eide present a new work utilizing a series of mobile meteorological music instruments and performative microphones. Using Fjell festning as a place, they investigate how sound is shaped by, and resonates in various environments.
The work is developed at BEK, and commissioned by Sonic Acts and Dark Ecology.
How do we listen, and how do you compose when the audience is surrounded by sound? Borealis collaborates with the MULTI concert series to commission new works for multi-channel speaker setup, giving new musicians, composers and sound artists the opportunity to express themselves using spatial sound.
MULTI is a collaboration between Lydgalleriet, NOTAM, Borealis, Electric Audio Unit and BEK.
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Espen Sommer Eide is exhibiting his sound work “The Distribution Of The Audible” at Øyafestivalen from the 9th-13th of August. The work consist of approximately 30 sound clips recorded all over the world and played through old horn speakers at the festival.
ToBe Continued is an original concert lasting 24 hours, during which musicians from many parts of the World will be connected to a website that broadcast their concerts. Stephan Meidell will be performing from BEK 1230-1300 (CET), and Trond Lossius will be performing at 1430-1500 (CET).
At Friday December 11th 2015 at Landmark in Bergen we will serve a program of concerts, videos, animations, net art, light art, performances and noise. Something from the archives, but mostly in the form of freshly squeezed contemporary juice. Accompanied by refreshments, speeches and conversations we want you to join us through a full night in honour of BEK, art, artists, art production and audiences for 15 years.
Two commissioned works by BEK at this years Ekko Festival: Asbjørn Flø with Ratkje, Rishaug & Tafjord – ‘Analogikk’ and Stephan Meidell with Birk Nygaard – ‘Dialogues’
The festival also presents exhibition works supported by BEK: «Dialogues Prologue» by Stephan Meidell & Birk Nygaard and «Mayhem Machine» by Marieke Verbiesen.
Festival start is 17. October