On Saturday the 4th October, visual Artist Raquel Meyers will show various techniques for using the Commodore 64 for animation and live performance, by using a unique set of tools.
During a short talk, Esther Tuypens will discuss Apichaya Wanthiang’s exhibition Without Waiting for Her Reply in relation to her research on Aby Warburg. The talk will put forth some ideas concerning the installation as an object and producer of knowledge.
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!
Rural Reading Room is a series of artistic situations aiming at re-configurating objects, materials and sounds, highlighting the materiality of the landscape. The format consists of a tabletop, where the arrangement of objects placed on the table reconstruct a fragmented, concrete and material landscape. BEK supported the project with equipment.
Friday the 18th of October:
kl 15:00 – kl 17:00
Presentations by Neeltje Sprengers & Stan Wannet
BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts -> C Sundgt. 55 -> Top Floor. Stan Wannet & Neeltje Sprengers will show and talk about their work.
The object becomes the plane, the light will be given to the darkness, the silence reflects sound.
Overgangen, is an exploration of the distance between black and white, between light and darkness. We close ourselves in, in one of Bergen’s historic chambers and drape the windows.
‹‹Sound as a global way of telling stories in an emotional language››
The Argentinian artist, Joaquin Cófreces , will give an artist talk at BEK the 16th of may at 3.00 pm.
-on demographies of uproar and the production of place
Program:
The two artists behind The Sun-project will come to BEK and give an artist talk/presentation of the project. BEK will serve a basic and tasteful lunch.
The SUN is a glowing light sculpture, 3 m in diameter, that shifts between a wide range of warm colors.
Fulbright scolar Nathan Wolek, who has been working at BEK the last 5 months, gives a presentation focusing on “what I learned from my Fulbright”. The talk is a brief condition report on his work and experiences during his stay here in Bergen. Feel free to join us Thuesday 8th at 14:00.