Marieke Verbiesen will exhibit her audiovisual interactive instrument Sonic Tornado at this years Amsterdam Dance Event’s exhibition “100 years of electronic music instruments”.
Gunhild Mathea Olaussen and Roar Sletteland have in several periods been working in BEK’s electronic workshop to develop and build electronic parts for Resonance. Resonance is a new work by artist and scenographer Olaussen, which will be on display as an installation and as an extended instrument played by a series of performers during the Ultima Festival opening weekend.
Welcome to the autumn kick-off with book presentation and concerts at BEK Wednesday 28th of August! Jøran Rudi’s new book Elektrisk lyd i Norge (Electric Sound in Norway) describes the development of music technology and technology-dependent music in Norway from the early beginnings of the 1930s until 2005. The presentation is followed by two live electric sound concerts with Silje…
Imaginalia revisited s a poetic and musical work where our relationship to nature lies at the core, and where it is generated new connections and liminal experiences between image and sound – between the visible and the invisible. Espen Sommer Eide has been working with Imaginalia revisited at BEK, and the exhibition will be opening at Lydgalleriet Friday August 16th…
Welcome to the second part of the workshop politics of transcription with Amy Pickles, Hordaland kunstsenter’s artist in residence in May and June 2019. During her stay, she will host two workshops which are free and open to all. First workshop was held at Hordaland kunstsenter Friday June 14th.
Working with artist Signe Lidén, Peter Meanwell will be in BEK’s sound studio making final recordings and experiment with mixing possibilities for an audio piece about her work to be presented at LIAF – Lofoten International Art Festival 2019. The audio work will be presented in the gallery space, as a podcast and will form part of a public presentation…
Do you remember the last time you heard a new musical genre for the first time, a totally new sound universe, or a surprising combination of sounds that you thought would never work together? We want to cultivate that moment with BEK Studio Sessions. Wednesday April 24th Adam Parkinson and Tine Surel Lange presented the results of their collaboration during…
Jiska Huizing has been invited with her project Torn Tracks to make site specific works for each of the 6 exhibition places in Vestlandsutstillingen 2019, We are the places. The first piece, Torn Tracks #14 – Ålesund (3-7 October 2018), will be presented at the opening at Kunstmuseet KUBE in Ålesund Friday February 8th, where Huzing also will do a…
Line Horneland has been working at BEK with Innimellom er lyden stille, both in the sound studio and in the project room. BEK has been advising the development of the work, which is now shown at Lydgalleriet.
The exhibition The Poacher’s Dream by Eleanor Clare og Dillan Marsh consist of multiple channels of sound and video – spoken and sung narratives that unfold as one moves through the space. BEK has been advising the duo while they were developing the project, and has contributed with technical equipment for the production of the work and for the exhibition at Visningsrommet USF.