Maia Urstad will be at BEK for a work residency in the period of February 12 – 20th to develop the soundscape for her installation Murmur for Borderline festival at Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) in Athens in the beginning of April this year, curated by Michalis Moscoutis.
Verktøykassen (the toolbox) is BEK’s new meeting place to learn about and try out technical tools, be it both hardware and software. There is a low threshold for participation and a high hands-on factor. Each time, a new “theme of the day” is launched, and the participants can come with inputs or questions that are raised jointly. The toolbox will…
The two artists Jiska Huizing and Mathias Loose was part of our Croatian partner Kontejner’s lab from 21st – 31st of January 2019. The lab invited international artists with special focus on performance and media art, and the selection was curated by the partners in Future DiverCities. During a total of 10 days, the artistic team visited Zagreb and Rijeka.
Verktøykassen (the toolbox) is BEK’s new meeting place for learning about and test out technical tools, may it be hardware or software. There is a low threshold for participation and a high hands-on factor. Game developer and programmer Stian Remvik is leading Verktøykassen, which will take place approximately every 3 weeks throughout the spring. For each time a new “theme of the…
Get an introduction to the Video Studio at BEK! Our experienced advisor in art and technology Marieke Verbiesen will guide you.
Bjørg Taranger’s project Det hvite toget (The White Train) is a video installation projected onto the large windows in Kunstgarasjen. BEK has been consultant during the development of the project, Lars Ove Toft has set up the sound and the media players in the exhibition space, and Stian Remvik has mapped the videos onto the many window surfaces by using MadMapper.
Make a story, prepare the shoot and hit REC, before going into the crucial editing process! The workshop will be led by filmmaker and -producer Paul Johannessen, and will run for two days. The first day we will learn theory and get some introductions, and the second day we will be making something.
We are incredibly proud and happy to wish you welcome to the new BEK! The last two weeks in January 2019, we invite old and new colleagues and partners to the opening party, presentations and workshops in our new premises. It will also be possible to get an introduction to the studios and to our new routines. Save the dates…
Brita Urstad Toft is working in BEK’s sound studio during the period of 12 – 21. December, where she will record and produce music under her alias Brita UT.
During the next couple of weeks Terese Stenhjem will be developing her work at BEK. She will work in the project space with video editing, test out green screen technology, and try to integrate her work in a physical space. She aims to find technical solutions for mounting and/or project video work, and explore whether it is possible to make…