An interactive animation video is presented by BEK as our current contribution to the Borggården exhibition space at USF Veftet. The animation “HYSJ” is made by Stian Remvik, and responds to the amount of noice in the room by hushing at you.
As the earth rotates around its own axis, ROM8, and actually everything else in Bergen moves in space at a speed of 669 km per hour.
Opening hours ROM8:
Wednesday 16 – 22
Thursday – Saturday : 15 – 22
Sunday : 11 – 15
Free admission. At night, one can see the exhibition from the street.
BEK presents artworks at Verftet, this time the video installation, ”Enduring portrait”, by Kjersti Sundland. The video installation “Enduring portrait” shows a woman who gradually becomes 40 years older. The length of the aging process is depending on the exhibition location and display format.
BEK presents digital artworks at Verftet, this time two videoworks by Bjørg Taranger, “Red Circles Underground” and “Warning Rool”.
Håkonshallen is celebrating its 750th aniversary this year, and BEK have been asked to participate in the making of the celebration.
This spring, ISIS Arts, BEK, Maur Prosjekter og Galleri 3,14 curated a video screening program with artists from South Africa. The screening was a part of this summer’s exhibition Contemporary Artists from South Africa, and was also excepted at the Digital Art Festival in Sofia 13. – 17. September. Now, in December, ISIS Arts is presenting the program in the Eldon Square Shopping Centre in Newcastle.
Maria Øy Lojo and Maia Urstad contributes with the installation Odd Mirrors at Barnas Kulturhus’ christmas production Aurora Julialis. One of the rooms in the house will be devoted to a sound and light.
Opens Saturday 27. at 13.00 at Kalmargaten 6. Bring the kids, and the child in you! Open weekdays to Kindergardens and Schools at 9.45 – 11.45, open to the public on Saturdays at 13.30 – 15.30
Saturday and Sunday BEK will open it’s doors to show a little bit of what we’ve been up to lately. All project rooms will be filled with sound, video and electronics that has been developed at BEK.
If you walk your way to the top floor at C. Sundtsgt. 55, you will be rewarded with an extra treat!!!
The studios at BEK has been in frequent use recently by artists preparing their work for the great BG01 – exhibition at Bergen Art Museum. TelArt by Bjørnar Habbestad and Jørgen Larsson is back “remixed”, Eva Ljosvoll presents her new video work In Midair, Trond Lossius has been refining his LMW partnership with the help of BEK’s new field recording equipment, and Maia Urstad has re-mounted Sound Barrier.
BEK has been awarded the white walls and high ceilings of Borggården USF during the period 11 – 29 October. Mattias Arvastsson and Maria Øy Lojo will present their brand new videoworks. Interactions between moving images and spatial surfaces will be accentuated.