Overview
Seminar, exhibition and workshops19–22 November 2026 | Bergen Assembly, Bergen | All times are local to Bergen (CET). 19 to 22 November 2026, Piksel presents From Compost to Code: Reimagining Radical Computing at Bergen Assembly. The programme brings together an exhibition, a seminar and a day of hands-on workshops exploring how ecological processes can shape computing and technological design. Drawing on Compost Computing and Nature Directed, the programme explores how compost can power computation and how Nature can participate in organisational decision-making.
Speakers
4- Eva VerhoevenDesigner, artist and researcher; Programme Director of Creative Computing and Robotics at UAL’s Creative Computing Institute; co-founder of Critical Climate Computing
- Lucy Rose SollittCreative director, philosopher and writer; former Creative Director of FutureEverything
- Shinji Toya
- Wesley GoatleyCritical artist and researcher; Programme Director of Interaction Design and Visual Communication at UAL; co-founder of Critical Climate Computing
Schedule
Transmission + Interference – David Strang, Vincent Van Uffelen
Experimental Communication – Ryan Jordan, Jonathan Kemp & John Bowers
Experimental Electromagnetism Workshop – Peter Flemming in collaboration with BEK
Hans Kristian Senneseth: LITE2SOUND
Symposium Day 2
Symposium : Day 1
Oscar Martin Correa: {rdes}
Antonio Cavadini : Megatsunami
Urban-Intervention
Urban-Interventions
Isabel Croxatto, Constanza PIÑA: Heroina
Constanza PIÑA: Corazón de robota
Amanda Steggel: Energy Bank
Peter Flemming: Instrumentation
Servando Barreiro: Sound streching in Pure Data
David Strang & Vincent Van Uffelen: Transmission+Interference
Gottfried Haider : Web platform for hand-drawn circuit boards
Bengt Sjölén : Weise7 – The in/compatible laboratorium
Working Session
Antonio Cavadini : Leploop
Brendan Howell, Jon Nordby: Piksels and Lines Orchestra (PLO)
Urban-Installation
Exhibition opening
Exhibition opening.
Exhibitions
Opening at Galleri 3,14
Official opening at ØSTRE Constanza PIÑA & Isabel CROXATTO : Heroína Afroditi Psarra : Lilytronica RJ Fischer & Séamus O´Donnell : SIGNAL TO SCREEN
Louise Harris : untitled 2012 Jordan,Kemp,Bowers : Experimental Communication Session Agnes Hvizdalek & Harald Fetveit Otolab : Megatsunami DJ Anders G – Kernel[X] gig
Constanza PIÑA: Corazón de robota Tonylight Steiner, Barreiro: Restlichtverstärker live concert
Exhibition
Exhibition viewing.
Exhibition
Exhibition viewing.
Powering Compost
Walk to a local permaculture or composting space in Bergen; location to be confirmed. Introduction to composting and practical work with compost. Short introduction to microbial fuel cells (MFCs). Explore how to build compost-based bio-batteries to power a small, low-energy computer.
Lunch break
Compost Computer
Experiment with small projects measuring electrical power from compost. Build a small server using a microcontroller. Compress images for upload to the microcontroller. Access the microcontroller’s content on a display device. Explore a working prototype of a compost computer server brought by the artist.
From Compost to Code: Reimagining Radical Computing
The seminar explores ecologically aware computational technologies and their potential to challenge existing social, economic and technological models. It considers how energy transitions can enable social transformation and how ecological challenges can lead to solidarity and more democratic futures. A central question is how Nature can participate in decision-making.