Vilde Salhus Røed is on a work residency at BEK February 27th – March 2nd together with sound designer Rikard Strømsodd. They are developing a new sound work, and will test out solutions for how the sound images can surround the viewer in the exhibition space.
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In the period of March 4 -12th, Siri Ingul, Kristian Berg-Jåtten and Arthur Hureau will be working in BEK’s sound studio to develop an auditory interpretation of the text Lenis plassar (Leni’s places) by Øivind Rimbereid. The sound topography they work on will be performed live, and will be an interdisciplinary artistic meeting between Norwegian contemporary lyric poetry and French electronic music.
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Maia Urstad will be at BEK for a work residency in the period of February 12 – 20th to develop the soundscape for her installation Murmur for Borderline festival at Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) in Athens in the beginning of April this year, curated by Michalis Moscoutis.
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Verktøykassen (the toolbox) is BEK’s new meeting place to learn about and try out technical tools, be it both hardware and software. There is a low threshold for participation and a high hands-on factor. Each time, a new “theme of the day” is launched, and the participants can come with inputs or questions that are raised jointly. The toolbox will…
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Verktøykassen (the toolbox) is BEK’s new meeting place for learning about and test out technical tools, may it be hardware or software. There is a low threshold for participation and a high hands-on factor. Game developer and programmer Stian Remvik is leading Verktøykassen, which will take place approximately every 3 weeks throughout the spring. For each time a new “theme of the…
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Brita Urstad Toft is working in BEK’s sound studio during the period of 12 – 21. December, where she will record and produce music under her alias Brita UT.
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During the next couple of weeks Terese Stenhjem will be developing her work at BEK. She will work in the project space with video editing, test out green screen technology, and try to integrate her work in a physical space. She aims to find technical solutions for mounting and/or project video work, and explore whether it is possible to make…
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In the workshop that BEK arranges this week, some of Norway’s most experienced sound artists engulf in the relationship between sound and reality. Notions of “place” must be seen in new light when concepts such as “post truth” and “fake news” in recent years have become actualized. Do we need to find new ways to do reality-based audio recordings when…
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In the fall of 2017 James Welburn and Carsten Aniksdal was the first two musicians to meet in BEK’s sound studio to collaborate on a new composition, in the pilot version of what became BEK Studio Sessions. Now they are releasing two new tracks in cassette format on the Italian tape label Subsidence.
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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. Studio Sessions #1 – Toktek and Eva Pfitzenmaier from BEK.no on Vimeo. For the first Studio…
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