**If you are working on an art project involving sound, moving image or electronics, you are welcome to apply for a studio residency at BEK lasting for 2–6 weeks.**

  
This open call applies to residencies in the period 3 February–29 June 2025\. You can apply for a residency in our sound studio, video studio and/or electronics lab. If you need to explore something that requires a bit of space during your residency, you are welcome to use our project space for a shorter period of time by agreement.

  
We offer our facilities and equipment, and expect artists to work independently. However, we try our best to provide advice and help for your project specific needs. Residents get 24/7 access to BEK premises. BEK is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. BEK is situated on the 9th floor, with access through a small three person elevator, or a large industrial elevator and a staircase. There are 17 steps between the 8th floor elevator and the 9th floor. Our space has all gender toilet facilities, but not an universal, accessible toilet. Service dogs are welcome. We also provide the option of a quiet room.

  
Residents at BEK are invited (but not required) to present their work during their stay at BEK – as a work-in-progress or a finished result.

**Please note that we offer our production facilities only, and _do not cover_ travel, accommodation or project costs. BEK can provide the artist with a letter of intent for funding applications upon request.**

  
**VIDEO STUDIO** 

Our video studio is optimal for working with video and animation projects. The studio is equipped with two Apple 5K screens, stereo monitors and the possibility for 5.1 and a Mac Studio 2022 and editing software such as Adobe Creative Cloud suite, DaVinci Resolve Studio and audio editing in Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Max/MSP and Reaper. You can also easily work on your own laptop by connecting the speakers and the screens. In addition we have, DJI Ronin gimbal, Canon Mark III and Sony A1 camera systems.

  
**SOUND STUDIO** 

BEK offers a flexible sound studio for composing, mixing and recording. The room is equipped with a pair of Genelec 8050 monitors and a sub, an SSL BiG SiX Analog mixer with USB interface, in addition to this a RME Digiface combined with a Ferrofish 16A ADDA interface. In the room it is easy to adapt the speaker configuration to suit your project needs like quadraphonic or 5.1\. For larger experiments with multi-channel sound, we recommend that you also book the project room and set up our nine Genelecs 8040 or our four NNNN Comium 30 with a Devor 23 Subwoofer to the desired configuration. You can either use the sound studio system with software such as Ableton Live, Pro Tools, WaveLab Pro, Max/MSP, Reaktor, Traktor, Supercollider, Reaper, Izotope suite and Ina GRM´s GRM TOOLS – or bring your own laptop or music gear and connect. As an extension to the sound studio, we have various mobile field recording equipment and microphones, including multichannel field recorder and ambisonics microphones.

  
**ELECTRONICS LAB**

In the electronics lab, you can work on fabricating and modifying electronics. We have soldering stations with adjustable temperature, magnifying glass, oscilloscope, Dremel drills and accessories, drill press and much more. We have a stock of components, potmeters, servos, sensors, breadboards, rPI’s and Arduinos.

  
**PROJECT SPACE**

We have one large project space (71,6 m2) that can easily be converted into two smaller ones (42,2 m2 + 29,4 m2) with a partition. The project room has floor space and plenty of daylight, and a flat screen and projector are installed.

  
**WOOD WORKSHOP** 

Studio residents can get access to a wood workshop, which is a part of the artists studios cs55 Kunstnerverksteder. It is equipped with a large range of machines for wood, as well as hoods for spray painting etc. The shared workshop is 45 m2, located in the same building, a few floors below BEK, and has access to a large communal lift at the back of the building. Please get in touch with resources@bek.no to additionally apply for access.

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