Galleri s12 and BEK will show video art in the windows of Galleri s12 throughout January 2013. The exhibition is curated by Terese Longva (s12) and Anne Marthe Dyvi (BEK).
På Matgilde Mot Hungersnød blir mat som skulle blitt kastet forvandlet til nydelige retter og servert på buffeter i det fri. Et romvesen lander tilfeldigvis i nærheten av Johanneskirken i Bergen. Hun smaker på maten, danser til musikken og møter monstre lagd av resirkulert søppel.
All aboard! We live in a time of social engagement and virtual compassion. Click “like” or sign a petition if you want to stop hostile acts against gays in African countries, or take a stand against death row. Spread pictures of worldwide censorship and repression through facebook and twitter, follow witnesses of war and injustice directly from your office chair, or even your mobile phone when you are having a coffee in a café.
The Cold Coast Archive is a joint project between artists Annesofie Norn, Signe Lidén and Steve Rowell, using the Svalbard Global Seed Vault as a focal point. Part of the project material is exhibited at Rom 8 in Vaskerelven, Friday 16. November – Sunday 25. November. BEK is one of the contributing partners to the project.
The exhibition is the result of a ten day workshop held by Andrea Spreafico for the third year class of the Bergen School of Architecture (BAS) on the urban identity of Nordnes.
Voss Kunstlag and Osafestivalen collaborates towards an exciting project by Trond Lossius. “Forsvinningspunkt” (Vanishing point) is a sound installation, offering a contemplative space for listening, surrounded by sound. The installation is a commision for the Osafestival.
Performance, soundwalk, del av performancelaurdag 6.oktober i Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum.
The sculpture «Fyrtårn for reisande» (Beacon for travelers) by Geir S. Hjetland is unveiled in Balestrand by Minister of Local Gouvernment and Regional Development Liv Signe Navarseter on October 20.
The sculpture incorporates sound and light, and the sound installation is made by Geir Berstad Sande. BEK has assisted him with advice and supervision on sound development and programming.
Elin Øyen Vister is the festival artist at Tromsø kunstforening for the Imsomnia festival, presenting the exhibition Soundscape Røst for Insomnia. The exhibition consists of two sound installations, and for the opening Øyen Vister’s quartet WeDoMagic (electronics, bass, clarinett and cello) play live in one of the installations.
Reloaded, an animation by Marieke Verbiesen coproduced at BEK, got selected for the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival from 27th of October – 3rd of November.