BEK has in recent weeks been the scene of the last updates before artist Jørgen Larsson presents his new installation Romklang at the restaurant Soria Mora in Oslo. Here guests can affect the sound in the room through a firmer grip on the ketchup bottle.

The call for NIME 2011, 11th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical, is out. The call is also asking for contributions towards an exhibition on sonic interaction design that will be curated in collaboration with the EU COST IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design (SID). The exhibition, produced by BEK, will take place at the Norwegian Museum of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Karen Kipphoff and Trond Lossius collaborates on a videowork that is to be presented at the ICCI 360 panoramic video festival in Plymouth (UK) . The work is titled “At the Zoo”. It’s an anthropomorphic audiovisual composition.

This week is the las chance to experience the exhibition at the Gallery 3,14, which presents two mayor installations and 12 videoworks. Gallery hours are 11am – 5pm, Tuesday – Friday, and 12am – 4pm, Saturday – Sunday. Hobbs and Neustetter have rebuilt the stairs with materials found in the Gallery’s storerooms. Webb has recorded prayers in and around Bergen, replayed through 12 speakers on a floor carpet.

The exhibition is open 19. – 23. May at KHiB campus. The students at the Dep. of Fine Art show their work at Bergen Kjøtt in Skuteviken. This part of the exhibition is titled “2 COOL 4 SCHOOL” and is open 19. – 30. May.

Contributing to the upcoming exhibition in Gallery 3,14, Stephen Hobbs and Marcus Neustetter have commenced their residency at AiR Bergen. From base camp at USF Verftet, their first expedition is island-jumping in Austevoll.

The South African artist James Webb has started his residency period at AiR Bergen. His stay also is connected to an exhibition at Galleri 3,14, where his sound installation “Prayer” will be one of the art works shown.

ComputerMusic4Kids is an interactive installation for kids, inviting them to explore the history and sound of gaming consoles. The installation is included in the Bajazz Festival, Saturday the 17th and Sunday the 18th of April

Moviestar is an interactive installation by Marieke Verbiesen & Neeltje Sprengers. The installation moulds old and new media together in order to create a reallife moving filmset. Classic 16mm film, animation, robotics, sound and motiontracking are used to simulate a real life filmset where visitors play the mainrole.

Elektromagnetic Fountain is one of two art works in an exhibition at Norsk Telemuseum dealing with the invisible electromagnetic radiation surrounding us, generated by numerous electric devices and installations. The work vizualizes the surrounding electromagnetic fields and invites reflections on the nature of this invisible landscape.

BEK is one of several nodes of the PNEK network that have been assisting Amanda Steggell in the development of the work.

On Saturday the 20th of March, BEK hosts an 8-Bit evening at Landmark. Including the screening of the documentairy “8 Bit”, Concerts by Glomag(USA) & Bubblyfish(USA), Atari-DJ Gw3m, VJ Hagenisse(NO) and Installation Tombraider 0.1
Free admission!