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LAb /nowiki>au/nowiki>,laboratory for Art and Urbanism, is an artist group founded in 1997 in
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Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
. In their practice, the artists investigate the relationship between art and language through written words and other forms of coded language—semantics and signs—semiotics. Likewise, they take a linguistic approach, employing information and communication science in the field of art. Likewise, LAb uconsiders art an epistemology based on a linguistic approach, that further examines the influence of advanced technologies in the forms, methods, and content of
art Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around ''works'' utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emotional power, conceptual ideas, tec ...
. Members are: Manuel Abendroth and Jérôme Decock. Former members were: co-founder Naziha Mestaoui (until 2000), Grégoire Verhaegen (until 2003), Pieter Heremans (until 2006), Alexandre Plennevaux (until 2009) and Els Vermang (until 2022). From the name 'LAb /nowiki>au/nowiki>' one can read it as ‘ LAB’ (standing for an experimental approach) or ‘BAU’ (ger. = construction / providing a link to
Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...
The artist name plays on the difference between the phonetic and the written understanding, and as such underlines the group interest in the relation between art and language.


Laboratory for Art and Urbanism

With a background in
architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...
its members and projects are concerned with the construct of ‘
space Space is a three-dimensional continuum containing positions and directions. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions. Modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless ...
’ and the way it can be planned, experienced, and conceptualised in the
Information Age The Information Age is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by a rapid shift from traditional industries, as established during the Industrial Revolution, to an economy centered on information technology ...
. The attention lies in the relation between architecture,
light Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be visual perception, perceived by the human eye. Visible light spans the visible spectrum and is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400– ...
and advanced technologies. The projects of LAb /nowiki>au/nowiki> deal with processes and
system A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its open system (systems theory), environment, is described by its boundaries, str ...
s based on different rules. This method is determined by the technological and artistic
parameter A parameter (), generally, is any characteristic that can help in defining or classifying a particular system (meaning an event, project, object, situation, etc.). That is, a parameter is an element of a system that is useful, or critical, when ...
s and qualified by the artists as
metadesign MetaDesign is an international design consultancy known for branding and brand strategy, founded by Erik Spiekermann, Uli Mayer-Johanssen and Hans Ch. Krüger. The business has offices in Berlin, Beijing, Geneva, Düsseldorf, Zurich and San Fr ...
.


MediaRuimte

The alliance between
theory A theory is a systematic and rational form of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the conclusions derived from such thinking. It involves contemplative and logical reasoning, often supported by processes such as observation, experimentation, ...
and
practice Practice or practise may refer to: Education and learning * Practice (learning method), a method of learning by repetition * Phantom practice, phenomenon in which a person's abilities continue to improve, even without practicing * Practice-based ...
motivated the group to found the gallery 'MediaRuimte' in the city centre of Brussels in 2003. The gallery stands for LAb /nowiki>au/nowiki>'s understanding as a collaborative art agency engaging in a trans-disciplinary work, being expressed through a program ranging not only over
exhibitions An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition ...
, screenings and
audiovisual Audiovisual (AV) is electronic media possessing both a sound and a visual component, such as slide-tape presentations, films, television programs, corporate conferencing, church services, and live theater productions. Audiovisual service provide ...
performance A performance is an act or process of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function. Performance has evolved glo ...
s, but also to
conferences A conference is a meeting, often lasting a few days, which is organized on a particular subject, or to bring together people who have a common interest. Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always d ...
, artist-residencies and
workshop Beginning with the Industrial Revolution era, a workshop may be a room, rooms or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. Workshops were the only ...
s. Featured artists range from
Manfred Mohr Manfred Mohr (born June 8, 1938 in Pforzheim/Germany) is a German artist considered to be a pioneer in the field of digital art. He has lived and worked in New York since 1981. Life and career Mohr started his career as an action painting, acti ...
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Nicolas Schöffer Nicolas Schöffer (; 6 September 1912 — 8 January 1992) was a Hungarian-born French cybernetic artist. Schöffer was born in Kalocsa, Hungary and lived in France from 1936 until his death in Montmartre, Paris in 1992. He built his artwor ...
,
Casey Reas Casey Edwin Barker Reas (born 1972), also known as C. E. B. Reas or Casey Reas, is an American artist whose conceptual, procedural and minimal artworks explore ideas through the contemporary lens of software. Reas is perhaps best known for having ...
, Limiteazero and
Frank Bretschneider Frank Bretschneider (born 1956) is a German electronic musician. He works primarily with sine waves and white noise as his source material. He also releases material under the name Komet. Bretschneider was born and raised in Karl-Marx-Stadt (n ...
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Mika Vainio Mika Tapio Vainio (May 15, 1963 – April 12, 2017) was a Finnish electronic musician. He was best known as a member of Pan Sonic. In addition to his real name, he recorded under the aliases Ø, Kentolevi, Philus, and Tekonivel. He has worked w ...
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on Mika Vainio Exhibition at Mediaruimte The space closed in 2012.


Société

In 2015 the members of LAb u Els Vermang and Manuel Abendroth, founded the exhibition platform Société to continue the experience of Mediaruimte, which closed in 2012. The new platform's focus was to examine the heritage of conceptual art on actual art practice through thematic group shows bringing both generations into dialogue. The exhibitions explored themes such as: Time, Measurements, Xerox art, and protocols, among many others.


Solo-Shows

* 2024 : painting, writing, calculating, transcoding, Dan Galeria, Sao Paulo 09.08. - 05.10.2

* 2024 : POSSIBLES , PROBABLES, Botanique, Brussels, 29.05. - 04.08.2

* 2024 : FARBEN , FERNAB, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Brussels 21.05. - 28.07.2

* 2022 : Zeit Zeichen, Zeichen Zeit, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim 19.11.2022 - 26.02.2023 * 2020 : Ce mouvement qui deplace les lignes, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Brussels, 26.05 - 29.08.2020 * 2020 : yes, no: perhaps, Mario Mauroner Contemporary art, Vienna 18.01 - 21.03.2020 * 2019 : If Then Else, Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg City, 27.09.-05.01.202

* 2017 : Langage codé, Galerie Fontana, Amsterdam 04.11 - 18.02.2017 * 2016 : Langage codé, La Patinoire/Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels 01.09 - 22.10.2016 * 2016 : Calculations, Permutations, Notations—The Mayor Gallery / Project Space Bermondsey, London, 13.01 - 31.01.2016 * 2015 : rouge, vert, bleu, blanc, Centre des arts d’Enghien-les-Bains, Paris, 09.04 - 28.06.2015 * 2014 : zéro , un - Galerie Denise René, Paris, 06.02 - 22.03.2014 * 2014 : writing, drawing, painting, DAM Gallery, Berlin, 31.01.-02.04.2014 * 2014 : binary waves, Le Centquatre in the context of the public art program, Paris 16.02 - 23.03.2014 * 2011 : Tessel, Musée de Moulage, Lyon 08.06 - 13.07.2011 * 2011 : framework f5x5x3 - Aubette, Ososphère Strassbourg 11.02 - 20.02.2011 * 2011 : diffraction, TAG institute, The Hague 07.12.2010 - 17.01.2011 * 2010 : m0t1v, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne 08.01 - 12.02.2010 * 2009 : time , emit - DAM Gallery, Berlin 21.02 - 28.03.2009 * 2009 : fLUX - Galerie Roger Tator, Lyon 23.04 - 01.07.2009 * 2009 : m0t1v - Galerie Numeriscausa, Paris 30.04 - 06.06.2009 * 2008 : 16n framework f5x5x3 - Tschumi Pavillon, Groningen 18.12.2008 - 15.02.2009 * 2006 : space, 12m4s, Pierre Pergé, Le Grand Sablon, Brussels 07.09. - 17.09.2006 * 2005 : liquid space, Le Brakke Grond, Amsterdam 06.05 - 16.05.2005 * 2002 : eSPACE, Le Blac, Theatre Marni, Brussels, 17.05 - 26.05.2002 * 2000 : iSKIN, Musée de la Mode et du Textile, Le Louvre, Paris 10.10 - 29.10.2000


Group exhibitions (selection)

* 2024 : Languages et Imaginaires, Gaité Lyrique, Paris, 02.09 - 06.09.24 * 2023 : The Seduction of the Bureaucrat, De Garage, Mechelen 12.03 – 04.05.2023 * 2023 : AXIOM#2, MAL ZEIT _ ZEIT MALEN, KBK, Brussels 11.02 – 26.02.23 * 2022 : The tallest towers start off the ground, DAN Galeria, Sao Paolo, 24.09 - 22.12.2022 * 2022 : On the Lockout, Fondation CAB, Brussels, 06.09.2022 – 06.01.202

* 2022 : PEINTURE: OBSOLESCENCE DÉPROGRAMMÉE, Hospice Saint-Roch d'Issoudun 01.02 – 08.05.2022 * 2021 : X - FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou, 19.05 - 02.02.2022 * 2021 : Mika Vanio retrospective, KIASMA, Helsinki 20.8.2020–10.1.2021 * 2019 : Imaging Cities, Song Eun Art Space, Seoul, 25.03 - 08.06.2019 * 2019 : D’un soleil à l’autre, Base Sous-marine, Bordeaux 08.03 - 19.05.2019 * 2019 : Action <> Reaction, Kunsthal, Rotterdam 22.09.2018 - 20.01.2019 * 2018 : A Brave New World, MAAT, Lisbon, 22.10 - 28.10.2018 * 2018 : Untitled (monochrome), Richard Taittinger, New York 01.03 - 29.04.2018 * 2017 : Art Pavilion, Grand Palais World Exhibition, Astana 10.06 - 10.09.2017 * 2016 : Eutopia, Museum M, Leuven 20.10.2016 - 17.01.2017 * 2016 : Terminal P, La Panacée, Montpellier 17.06 - 28.08.2016 * 2016 : ACT, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju 25.11 - 31.07.16 * 2016 : Digital abstraction, Haus der elektronischen Künste, Basel 07.04 - 22.05.16 * 2016 : Exo-Evolution, ZKM, Karlsruhe 30.10 - 28.02.16 * 2014 : Physicality, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal 23.05.-01.06.2014 * 2014 : Artist / Novelist, MOMA, New York, 08.01 - 31.03.2014 * 2014 : Noir et Blanc, Galerie Denise René, Paris 17.01 - 28.02.2014 * 2013 : Vasarely Hommage, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels 17.10 - 19.01.2013 * 2013 : Poème Numérique, Atomium, Brussels, 22.06.-20.09.2013 * 2013 : space oddity, Le Grand Hornu CID, Hornu 18.11 - 10.03.2013 * 2013 : Noise, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 30.05 - 20.09.2013 * 2012 : Artificial garden, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, 04.12 - 23.12.2012 * 2011 : Tender Buttons, Overpoort, Ghent 30.11 - 18.12.2011 * 2010 : West Arch, Ludwig Forum, Aachen 12.09 - 14.11.2010 * 2010 : From kinetic to digital art, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provenance, 02.06 - 11.07.2010 * 2010 : Digital Nights, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore 16.09 - 26.09.2010 * 2009 : Young Belgium Painters Award, Bozar, Brussels 25.06 - 13.09.2009 * 2009 : Holy Fire, iMAL, Brussels 18.04 - 30.04.2008 * 2008 : Emocao Art.ificial, Itau, Sao Paolo, 01.06 - 14.09.2008 * 2006 : Neo-beginners, TENT / Witte de With, Rotterdam 31.08 - 22.09.2006 * 2003 : Urban lab, Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau 10.10 - 18.10.2003 * 2003 : Polygone Den ty, New Museum, New York 23.01 - 23.02.2003 * 2000 : La Beauté, Louvre, Paris 10.10 - 29.10.2000 * 1998 : transArchitectures 02 / 03, NAI, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam 18.11 - 12.12.1998


Public artworks

* 2028 : Source of Uncertainty, Podiumkunstengebouw, Leuven, Belgium * 2026 : listen to the universe, RTT building Kortrijk, Belgium * 2025 : fLUx, Union Station, Toronto, Canada * 2024 : XXXXXXXX, Stadtbibliothek Heidenheim, Germany * 2021 : Kontexte, crossover ‘Loredana Marchi‘ Brussels, Belgium * 2019 : Zäit Wuert, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg * 2019 : Palimpsest, Wijkpark De Porre, Ghent, Belgium * 2019 : 365, De Hoorn, Leuven, Belgium * 2016 : 365, Quai 10 and La Vigie, Charleroi, Belgium * 2016 : Lux Aeternae, AZF Mémorial, Toulouse, France * 2014 : 10e-15, Centre de recherche Femto, Temis Science, Besançon, France * 2014 : SiloScope, Quai Jules Guesde, Vitry-sur-Seine, Paris, France * 2009 : mosaique 15x26, Maison de la Mécatronique, Annecy-le-Vieux, France


Permanent artworks in semi-public collections

* 2021 : yes, no : perhaps - Hager Stiftung, Blieskastel, Germany * 2017 : origamiSquare 59 squares - Linklaters, Madrid, Spain * 2017 : origamiCeiling 160 Rhombi - Reynaerts, Duffel, Belgium * 2017 : origamiCeiling 20 squares 54 kites - Cosnova, Frankfurt, Germany * 2017 : origamiPenrose 71 kites and darts - Aegon Amersfoort, The Netherlands * 2016 : origamiSquare 192 squares - Linklaters, Brussels, Belgium * 2016 : SwarmDots - Fidelity, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg * 2015 : chronoPrints - Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium


References


External links

* * MediaRuimte, LAb /nowiki>au/nowiki>'s gallery for electronic arts in downtown Brussels


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