The Movement I-V is an iPad app by Espen Sommer Eide that explores the various possible movements of the hand and the fingers in sound manipulation. Included are a set of sounds by the artist. You can also upload your own samples.
From September 9th at 21.45 the Bergen Center for Electronic Arts / BEK, will presents the video work ‘Carousel’ by Bjørg Taranger at the facade of Håkonshallen facing the city. As the daylight fades, the work will emerge on Håkonshallen distinctive stone facade.
The research group for philosophy, language and artistic research at FoF Institute, Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen invites to seminar.
The seminar investigates how scientific and art-based research practice might relate. Is it possible within the science of philosophy to apply artistic means in order to gain insights? Is artistic research emphasizing research in the arts, on the arts or through the arts?
The Choreography of Sound (CoS) is a 3 year arts-based research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF (PEEK AR41) and carried out at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics IEM. BEK is a partner in the project, alongside CIRMMT in Montreal/Canada, ICST in Zurich/Switzerland and IRCAM in Paris/France.
The Håkon’s Hall is a remarkable building with a long history. The site-specific sound installation “Lines converging at a distance” by Trond Lossius is a commission for the 750 year anniversary in 2011.
The ambient spatial soundscape invites the audience to experience the hall at a slower pace, and possibly sit down and contemplate the qualities of the combined space and sound.
We wish to thank everyone that have been using BEK so far this year for interesting tasks, fruitful conversations and challenging ideas.
Norwegian Academy of Music is pleased to invite you to the viva voce of research fellow Victoria Johnson on Tuesday 21 June 1100 in the Levin Hall. Electric violin in digital space is the title of the research project, whose main focus has been to create new music and improvisations in collaboration with various composers.
The 11th of June BEK arrange the second edition of the Rad series in Våge, Kvinnherad. The event takes place in the composer Knut Vaage´s cabin. The cabin is a place where Knut Vaage compose his music, and have space for thought. In Rad#2 we have invited a selection of musicians/artists to improvise together, present a reading of Ragnvald Vaages poetry and serve food.
Bek has taken over the former HKS residency studio here on the 9th floor in C. Sundtsgt. We’ll use our extra room capacity to let artists work with various projects over a longer period, say 1 – 3 months. First guest artist is Hans-Gunter Lock from New Media Lab in Estonia.
The MA Degree Show in Fine Art opens friday the 8th of April at Bergen Kunsthall. Some of the exhibitors has worked with their projects at BEK, and BEK provides the exhibition with some of the equipment.