Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

During the residency at BEK, Morten will be working on a new series of sound works titled Phantoms on the threshold of perception. In the sound studio he will develop variations of the compositions to prepare them for both live presentation and installation. There will be open sessions and presentations of the concepts which will be open for public.  First presentation will…

The exhibition Cataract by Vilde Salhus Røed at Visningsrommet USF revolves around some inherited negative roll films that once were exposed, but have been sitting undeveloped in the cartridges for decades. The title piece Cataract was developed at BEK earlier this winter during a work residency, and it is BEK’s equipment that is used in the playback of this sound…

Anne Marthe Dyvi, artistic developer at BEK, participates in the conference Nye Territorier? Desentralisert kunstpraksis (New Territories? Decentralized art practice) at Hamar, where she will talk about the internet as a landscape. The conference will address some of the questions that “Mjøsa – an art project” and similar art project can provide the basis for setting. In a three-part program, the conference will address the themes…

Åse Løvgren, Stine Gonsholt and Alexander Rishaug will be working at BEK March 11th – 16th. They will add sound to their video project, and do sound- and image editing. Also, they will record voice over.

Borealis World Premiere! Sit back and get comfortable for an audio cinema experience, as BEK’s Reality-based Audio Workshop take you sonically in to Norway’s “Moon Landing”!

An important part of BEK’s collaboration with the partners in Future DiverCities is to give artists the opportunities to develop art projects, show their work and build a professional network. To the International week at Savonia University of Applied Science in Kuopio, we are sending Katrine Meisfjord, whose art practice focuses on dialogue and participation. As part of the one…

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.

Anne Marthe Dyvi, Artistic Developer at BEK, is participating in Norwegian Arts Council’s conference Kultur over grenser (Culture Across Borders) Thursday January 24th. The conference is a meeting place for everyone who wants to learn more about international cultural collaborations, and who wants to develop a project and/or meet potential partners.

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.

Thorolf Thuestad is a well-known and dear sound-maestro in the cultural field of Bergen. He will present his current research project at KMD, and show and share knowledge about robots, automation and the machines themselves. He will not come alone.