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painting, writing, calculating, and transcoding

as artistic practices

that explore colour, language, time, and possibility.

# monochrome

# chronochromy

# invisible spectra 

# material transformation
 

exploring the limits of the visible
painting the invisible

tonerchromeS

since 2022

LAb[au], Manuel Abendroth
size variable raster of A4
A4 photocopies framed

Abstract

Light is copied over light until the paper turns black. As toner accumulates, the machine’s errors emerge, balancing intention and accident.

Information

tonerchromeS resolution: 6x4 grid of A4

3x3 grid of A4 , 3x1 line of A4

text

A single photocopy machine creates a set of A4 copies, entitled tonerchromeS, using the same procedure, resulting in unique, textured, and deep black sheets. Every page displays distinct evidence of the process; here, the machine's capacity to perform every task in a similar way reaches its limits. The protocol creates a monochrome of entropy—that is, the impossibility of reproduction.

timeline

2024 ___ painting, writing..., Solo Show, Dan Galeria, Sao Paulo

2023 ___ OFFSCREEN, Solo Booth, Grand Garage Haussmann, Paris

2022 / 23 Zeit Zeichen Zeichen Zeit, Kunstmuseum, Heidenheim

2024 ___ POSSIBLES | PROBABLES, Botanique, Brussels

Collection

Private Collections Brussels
Private Collection, Paris

collection: Museum of contemporary art, Montelimar, France

painting, LAb[au]'s artistic practice is organised in different sections: painting, writing, calculating, transcoding and in artworks, installations and site-specific projects

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