Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

Marieke Verbiesen will present her installation Mayhem Machine during the ADE Sound Lab in Amsterdam. In a QA she will present her works and the technology she develops.   About Mayhem Machine “Mayhem Machine is an interactive instrument that produces synchronised sound, light and animation compositions, controlled by the audience via a custommade interface. The installation features instruments that can…

Marieke Verbiesen’s interactive installation Mayhem Machine visits Bristol at the Encounters Festival! On Wednesday September 20th at 10.30 Marieke will take part in a Q&A titled “The Future of Animation & Interactivity». Read more about Mayhem Machine at Encounters Festival here.   About Mayhem Machine Mayhem Machine is an interactive instrument that produces synchronized sound, light and animation compositions, controlled…

For Katy Penny’s exhibition CLEAR AS MUD, Stian Remvik at BEK has set up three Arun mats in the interactive installation. The audience can turn the sound on and off by stepping on the mats. Utstillingen CLEAR AS MUD utforsker grensen mellom det private og det offentlige, og er sentrert rundt kunstneren sitt lokalmiljø i Ytre Arna. Et rom i Penny sitt…

BEK hosts a developer workshop that focus on authoring of interactive media scenarios. The workshop gathers artists and developers associated with Studio de création et de recherche en informatique et musique électroacoustique – SCRIME at Université de Bordeaux, Verdensteatret and BEK for an intensive learning and development session. i-score is a free and open-source intermedia sequencer used in art and music…

This week Maria Øy Lojo has been working in BEK’s project space with her project A Temporary Meeting. She has processed recorded material from the metro in Berlin, amongst others, into what is going to be a site specific and interactive video installation. We are delighted that Maria will present her work in progress here at BEK. Her work can…

Marieke Verbiesen will travel to the Hiroshima International Film Festival between 18th and 22nd of August to present her interactive installation M-Machine to the Japanese audience.

In conjunction with PNCA’s Boundary Crossings, the July interdisciplinary institute on animated arts, the Feldman Gallery & Project Space presents the exhibition Intermation.
For this exhibition Marieke Verbiesen & Håvard Pedersen will show the interactive installation “Plan 10” coproduced by BEK.

Boom…stroke…aaaaeeeehhhh…swing…crash…push…beeep! We struggle to put sonic interactions into words – and that is why an exhibition with real examples of sonic interaction design is the best way to experience this new field of research. It allows you to get your hands – and ears – on interactive works that showcase how sound can facilitate interaction in product design, mobile media, communicating scientific data, interactive art, and more.

Trond Lossius will participate in the workshop Sketching Sonic Interaction Design at Holon Institute of Technology, Israel. The workshop is followed by meetings related to the COST–SID research project on Sonic Interaction Design.