Friday 11th at 15:00 Rona Rangsch present her new video installation at BEK. The work draws a connection between Norway and Newfoundland along the Norse trans-atlantic routes from around 1000 AD. Rona Rangsch is currently an Artist in Residence at USF Verftet. The presentation is free and open to the public.
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.
Stille Dag is a documentary that utilizes timelapse photography to follow the filmmaker’s mother for 24 hours. The audio consists of two conversations between the filmmaker and his mother.
For the past two weeks Elin Øyen Vister has been in residency at BEK, preparing for her sound installation “Soundscape Røst for Insomnia”, soon to be presented at Tromsø kunstforening.
Benjamin Thigpen makes music for loudspeakers: electroacoustic works, pieces for live computer performance, interactive music for computer and acoustic instrument(s) and computer improvisation. Benjamin Thigpen is currently artist in residency at USF.
Walter Langelaar & Worm.org. Presentation of the Institute for avant-garde Recreation at BEK Friday 8th June at 16:00. Barbeque on the terrace after the presentation.
Marieke Verbiesen will be in Copenhagen to give a live animation workshop and collaborative performance at the Click New Media Art Festival in Helsingør Denmark.
In 2011 the artist Thorolf Thuestad visited four senior centers in the Bergen area. Residents gave detailed descriptions of memories associated with the sounds of nature. Now the results are presented at the retirement homes where the interviews were conducted.
A zero document is the term for a document in the public sector that has been filed in a separate folder for zero documents. Such documents have for various reasons been exempted access, and documents have often not been preserved.
The use of multichannel surround sound is by now commonly used in a wide range of applications, including film production, gaming, electronic music, video and sound installations and works for stage.
This event starts out with a number of hands-on presentations offering an introduction to work on spatial sound. The event concludes with a concert presenting works by Ruben Sverre Gjertsen and Hans-Gunter Lock.
From the summer onwards the sound installation “Lines converging at a distance” by Trond Lossius has been presented at Håkon’s Hall. This Monday there will be a talk and conversation about the work, touching upon the artistic process as well as the technical aspects of the installation.