Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts

In Thure Erik Lund’s writings, technology seems to be a springboard for reflection on nature and culture, and man´s transformations during a digital era. In his last essay collection, Romutvidelser (2019) he raises the question if nature and technology can merge. He has been called a kind of “techno-mystic”, who is continuously approaching the indiscernible future. Lund is currently working…

Prøverommet invites you to participate in a beta test* of VUMA Soner, the geo-triggered audio app by VUMA Projects, made in collaboration with BEK. Tickets are free but registered through TicketCo (only 8 spaces per time-slot).

During this year’s Ekko Festival, Ekko and BEK together present a live, film and exhibition program. The festival runs from October to November, and a more performances will be released soon. Go to the Ekko Festival page for full programme.

The Blended Reality Lecture Series invites new media practitioners from around the world to share their work and research in Bergen. The artists that are being featured will not be travelling to Bergen, but will use video conferencing and other online tools — in sometimes unexpected ways — to experiment with  the possibilities of remote lectures and interactivity. The Blended…

in the period of 26.9 – 2.10, artist Toril Johannessen will be present with photo stations at Entrée and at various departments of Bergen Public Library. Here, she will tell you more about the art project and help you out if you want to contribute.

Welcome to the opening of You Will Meet a Bird with Strange Feet by Ayatgali Tuleubek. The exhibition will be shown at Aldea Gallery 26th September – 25th October, and is the result of Tuleubeks artist in residence at Aldea and BEK. 

The video The Valley will be shown during this year’s Høstutstillingen 2020 at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo. In The Valley, the small village of Dale in Western Norway is used as a prism to look at global changes related to production and economy. The video was created by Åse Løvgren and Stine Gonsholt, and was partially produced at BEK during…

The Blended Reality Lecture Series invites new media practitioners from around the world to share their work and research in Bergen. The artists that are being featured will not be travelling to Bergen, but will use video conferencing and other online tools — in sometimes unexpected ways — to experiment with  the possibilities of remote lectures and interactivity. The Blended…

Working from the fast-paced and action-packed shoot-’em-up video game franchise “Time Crisis “, this project explores the crisis of the changing perception of time in the age of acceleration, and action/inaction as a response. Taking the form of an expanded reading and writing workshop at BEK, this second stage of “Time Crisis Conference” will deconstruct what constitutes the acts of…

Craig Wells currently works at BEK with no less than seven collaborative projects, ranging from live modular synthesis, to improvisation, sound design and composition. Many of the projects can be experienced by audiences in Bergen during the autumn, and in December Wells will give a presentation of his practice at BEK.