During a period of two months Anders Elsrud Hultgreen has been working and developing Evighetens Avkom, a video commisioned by BEK. This video has recently been shown for the first time at Stavanger Screen City, and now Anders will present his process and the work to us. The presentation will take place on 14.02 from 12h – 13h. We will serve soup! Welcome!
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The ongoing project Korsmos ugressarkiv by Kristin Tårnesvik & Espen Sommer Eide will have its first exhibition at Entrée Bergen. The project ascends from biologist Emil Korsmo’s (1863-1953) profoundly detailed and methodically preserved compilation of own material from a lifelong research into combating weeds.
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BEKs first workshop this semester is in collaboration with Lydgalleriet. Nic Collins, known as the writer of “Handmade Electronic Music – the Art of Hardware Hacking” will hold a 3-days workshop in connection with the building of the Alvin Lucier exhibition. If you want to participate, please sign up by sending a mail to tolga at lydgalleriet.no
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OpenMusic is software for algorithmic and computer-aided composition, primarily developed at IRCAM for the OSX and Windows platform. For the past year Anders Vinjar, with support from BEK, has been porting OpenMusic to Linux. The first public beta of the Linix port is now available, OM_6.7 (beta_4), and will be presented at the upcomming IRCAM Forunm.
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EVIGHETENS AVKOM (THE PERPETUAL PROGENY) is a circular film. A description of two parallel landscapes - A being’s journey through a landscape beyond nature; in a landscape lying parallel to the visible world.
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BEK and Bergen Public Library has collaborated on development of Bergen Leser – Sammen!, an installation for reading aloud. Here citizens of Bergen and users of the library can contribute towards a collective reading of litterature for a web audience by means of a digital installation. Opens Friday 18. October at 19.00.
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Writings is a new sound art installation by Signe Lidén. The realisation of the work was made in collaboration with Roar Sletteland. All electronics are developed and manufactored at BEK. Writings will tour 3 countries as part of the Resonance Network Program.
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Today I met up with Anders to talk about his working period at BEK and his upcoming commissioned work, that will be shown at Stavanger’s Screen City. After a funny one hour talk, I understood that he is still in the middle of his process : here is a small sneak peak, into the directors brain!
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In august 2013 Piya Wanthiang, aspirant at BEK, travelled to her hometown village in the North East of Thailand, to explore possibilities of using live stream of the landscape as basis for upcoming installations and experiments. BEK supported the project with equipment, mentoring and time.
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OpenMusic is a freely available graphical program for computer-aided composition. With many tools and services for working with musical structures, OpenMusic is well-suited for work or musical composition and analysis. BEK offers a one-week workshop with Anders Vinjar. The workshop will provide an introduction to composition in OpenMusic for composers and creative musicians, combining joint presentations and more individual support for each participant and their projects.
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