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origami, kinetic reliefs

since 2013

LAb[au], Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock, Els Vermang
size: various formats and patterns
technique: aluminium, MDF, servomotors, electronics, software

painting, writing, calculating, and transcoding

as artistic practices

that explore colour, language, time, and possibility.

exploring the limits of possibility

drawing permutations and tessellations
coding generative and reactive systems
constructing notations
conceiving rule-based art

thinking emergence

abstract

This series combines the tessellation of regular geometries with combinatorial logic - their folding and unfolding both completed with colors. Based on scripts, the emerging patterns combine the shape logic with chance.

formats

shapes: squares, triangles, hexagones, prismes

formats

the amount of kinetic elements is indicated in the artwork title
each relief is unique

text

2013 - origamiSquare, 36x4squares, private collection, Brazil
2013 - origamiSquare, 72 triangles, private collection, Brazil
2014 - origamiHelix, 21 triangles, private collection, France
2014: origamiHexa, 21x3 Triangles, private collection, France
2014 - origamiHexa, 27 Rhombi / freestanding, LAb[au]
2018 - origamiRhombi, 16 rhombis, private collection, Germany

history

2013 ___ FIAC, art fair, Denise René Galerie, Paris 

2014 ___ Victor Vasarely Hommage, group-show, Mussée d'Ixelles, Brussels 

2014 ___ zéro /un, solo-show, Galerie Denise René, Paris 

2014 ___ writing drawing painting, solo-show, DAM Berlin, Berlin 

2015 ___ rouge vert bleu _ blanc, solo-show, Centre Des Arts, Enghien Les Bains 

2015 ___ calculations, permutations,..., solo-show,The Mayor Gallery, London 

2016 ___ ART BRUSSELS, solo booth, Denise René Galerie, Brussels 

2016 ___ LANGAGE CODE, solo-show, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels 

2017 ___ BRAFA, art fair, La Patinoire Royale, Brussels 

2017 ___ LANGAGE CODE, solo-show, Fontana Gallery, Amsterdam

collections

origamiSquare, private collection, Brazil
origamiSquare, private collection, Brazil
rigamiHelix, private collection, France
origamiHexa , private collection, France
origamiRhombi, private collection, Germany

artworks by the Belgian art studio LAb[au] based on calculations as process of artmaking - art&language - art  architecture - conceptual art - digital art - konkrete kunst - art & mathematics

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