In Heimevernet Lisa Nøttseter examines what it means for something to be typically Norwegian, looking at history, sociology and culture. She is left with a satirical and distorted micro-Norway, following its own logic. BEK is co-producer.
Rural Reading Room is a series of collective actions aiming at reconfiguring objects, materials and sounds, highlighting the materiality of the landscape.
Nocturnes is an audiovisual project in two parts with the French artist duo Les Baltazars. Newly developed technology produces fog, light, wind and sound to create your own imaginary adventures. The project is a collaboration between BIT-Teatergarasjen, Lydgalleriet and BEK . Performances at Studio USF Friday 27. at 19 and 21. Installation at Lydgalleriet from Monday 30. – Thursday 3.
At Friday December 11th 2015 at Landmark in Bergen we will serve a program of concerts, videos, animations, net art, light art, performances and noise. Something from the archives, but mostly in the form of freshly squeezed contemporary juice. Accompanied by refreshments, speeches and conversations we want you to join us through a full night in honour of BEK, art, artists, art production and audiences for 15 years.
Marieke Verbiesen´s Mayhem Machine will be showed at the Incubate Festival in Tilburg – from 14-22nd of september at Incubate´s DIY Synth Fair.
PAB OPEN – Bergen’s Performance Art Festival over two intense days with nearly 100 performance artists. BEK assists with production help, MAX programming and equipment.
The Art of Violin Playing is a Neither Nor music-theatre production for 2 violinists, 2 dancers, 4 robotic arms, vocalist, electronics + additional performers. A work-in-progress performance will be given at o espaço do tempo, Portugal, on August the 29th and again at Cornerteatret, Bergen, on September the 9th. Thorolf Thuestad has been busy at BEKs project space this summer, developing the 4 robotic wooden arms for the show.
The End(s) of Electronic Literature Conference will take place August 5-7, 2015, and is hosted by the Electronic Literature Research Group at the University of Bergen. Pre-conference workshops will take place on August 4th. BEK supports the conference with equipment.
An evening of expressive Live-electronics and visuals by Tijs Ham, Bjornar Habbestad & Birk Nygård. The turbulances within the tubes of the flute are matched by the complex behaviors of feedback mixers. And if this isn’t enough… we also have lasers!
The June Exhibition at Kunstnerforbundet holds a long tradition of focusing on young artists. This year’s edition focus on the aspiring art scene from Bergen, Norway. The exhibition is curated by Benedicte Clementsen and Johanne Hestvold. BEK supports several artists with equipment and technical advise.