Bunker Talk #164: Be Andr

In conversation with Adam Walker

Bunker Talk #164: Be Andr

In conversation with Adam Walker

Be Andr (b. 1978, Norway) is a London-based artist and researcher whose practice treats code as a material and temporal condition, combining algorithmic systems with oil painting to probe the boundary between image, text, and execution. Through his System of Emergent Touch (SET), he stages painting as a site of friction where computational processes and material resistance co-individuate, reconfiguring tactility, sense, and authorship within human–machine relations.

He holds a PhD and MA from the Royal College of Art. Exhibitions include a UNESCO-commissioned project at Fabriano Contemporanea(IT), Halle13 (AT), CCA Andratx (ES), The Bomb Factory Art Foundation (UK), and the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (IL). His public works are installed in Oslo (NO), Mare Street, Hackney (UK), Howick Place, Victoria (UK), and Corso della Repubblica, Fabriano(IT).

Image credits:
Painting is Untitled (Self-Forming Evolution), 2022, oil on canvas, 193 cm x 160 cm

Installation shot is from TAKT at Halle13, Vienna, 2024 (photo by Anni Katrin Elmer)

Bunker Talks

This event is part of Bunker Talks. Bunker Talks invite artists and researchers to talk about who they are and what they do. Curated by the Performance Research Group at Manchester School of Art and the School of English, Bunker Talks explore geopolitical, ecological or economic concerns. The talks create space for critical encounters, presentations, provocation and dialogue as part of a civic conversation.

Originally conceived in the pandemic to explore how artists, writers, curators and researchers continued to make and share their work, live Bunker Talks now take place at The Salutation every month. Since 2020, over 160 talks have been hosted by Performance Researchers and colleagues from across the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. All talks are recorded, edited, captioned and then archived to create an online catalogue, capturing how artists, makers and curators think about the world today. Find previous talks here: https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/

Main Event Contact and URL:

Michael Pinchbeck m.pinchbeck@mmu.ac.uk

https://www.art.mmu.ac.uk/bunkertalks/talk-164/