FORUM BEK-NIGHT
BJØRNAR HABBESTAD
Artist talk by Bjørnar Habbestad. He will present his work from the twilight between musical performance, conseptual sound projects and technological development. Starting with specific sound experiences he tries to draw on different traditions and perspectives to develop musical tangents between acoustic techniques and digital transformation.
Bjørnar Habbestad (b. 1976) trained as a flutist in Bergen, London and Amsterdam. He works as chamber musician in POLYGON, improviser in LEMUR, noise maker in REHAB, ensemble flutist in N Ensemble and electro acoustic performer in USA/USB. With Jørgen Larsson he has created several conseptual sound projects and installations called TELART.
Based in Bergen, Habbestad has established himself with a specific profile in the musical contemporary field. He has performed on most Norwegianstages and in most festivals for contemporary art: Ultima, Oslo; Borealis, Bergen; Nu Music, Stavanger; Ny Musikk, trondheim, as well as solo perfomances withTrondheim Symphony Orchestra, Residenzorkester Berlin and assamissimassa. He has also perfomed widely in Scandinavia, Europe, Asia and USA. He founded N-Collective in 2003 and today runs the N Ensemble, is co-curator at Lydgalleriet and 50% of the label +3dB.
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BEK-nights is a serie of lectures and presentations by artists and researchers at Hordaland Art Centre. The series is part of BEK's lecture- and education initiative to informe about and promote artistic research and developement in art and new technologies.