On Sunday, December 11th, the café experience at Landmark will be expanded with the finest in Norwegian sound art. In the current absence of a dedicated space, Lydgalleriet conducts its pilot exhibition where most of Bergen's interesting sounds already occur.
And whilst Fusakongen abdicates and Kunstmisjonen abandons its calling, a new player in Western Norway's art dissemination takes the stage and bows modestly before an attentive audience.
The day begins at 11.00 with the curators discussing the project and issues related to presenting sound art in the best possible manner. Thereafter, each artist will have an hour to indulge and present works on the borderline between concert and installation, exploring the space between the time the work takes and the time the audience encounters it.
Vertikale øyeblikk og lineære forløp aims to showcase the breadth and quality of what's happening within Bergen's well-established sound art scene, whilst also inviting some pleasant guests from across the mountains. Some of the artists are musicians who will now create installations, others are installation artists experimenting with a more concert-like format. Common to all is the desire for sound and space to work together, and for the will to win to be greater than the fear of losing.
Home team: Jørgen Larsson will either create food-specific sounds based on Landmark's menu, or he will condition us to sit still and keep quiet. Maia Urstad conducts a cassette symphony on the tables, and Nicholas Møllerhaug provides us with bird-chirping intermission music, while Bjørnar Habbestad's 'Tel-Art' offers an insight into how people respond when answering the phone.
Away team: Bjørn Askefoss presents his café au lait and croissant installation 'Alces'. Jana Winderen presents the group project 'freq_out' in linear stereo mix, and Leif Inge has the world premiere of his new stretch project 'An Hour Hit'. Last time it was Beethoven's 9,000 - this time it's younger and many would say lighter compositions being stretched. The title this time is - Nah... Unfortunately, modern copyright legislation prevents us from saying anything more about that matter.
There will be sound nonetheless.
Co-produced with Bergen Centre for Electronic Art.