AUDIOVISUAL ENVIRONMENTS, SOUND-BASED WORKS, CONCERTS
Sound has formed an integral part of LAb[au]’s practice since its inception. Initially developed through audiovisual performances and collaborative concert formats, these investigations progressively evolved into autonomous installations and permanent public artworks in which sound became an architectural and spatial medium.
2026–2001 (selection)
audiovisual environments
space navigable music
liquid space
exploring the room
Sound-based works presented in concert formats
binaryWaves
particleSynthesis
Standalone sound-based installations
Tessel
2 × 540 kHz
808
permanent public sound artworks
fLUX
SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY
2031 : Source of Uncertainty, permanent public art installation
Podiumkunstengebouw, Leuven, Belgium
2026 : fLUX, permanent sound-art installation
Union Station, Toronto, Canada
2016 : 808, sound installation
Langage codé, solo exhibition
Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Brussels, Belgium
2016 : 808, sound installation
Calculations, Permutations, Notations, solo exhibition
The Mayor Gallery, London, UK
2016 : particleSynthesis, sound installation
Home Cinema exhibition
Gare Saint-Sauveur, Lille, France
2014 : particleSynthesis, sound installation
Ososphère Festival
La COOP, Strasbourg, France
2013 : space navigable music, audiovisual performance
with Kangding Ray
Les Bains de Bruxelles, Place Jeu de Balle, Brussels, Belgium
2012 : particleSynthesis, sound installation
Space Oddity exhibition
Le Grand-Hornu Images, Boussu, Belgium
2011 : Tessel, particleSynthesis and 2 × 540 kHz, sound installations
Collaborations with Kangding Ray and Mika Vainio
Diffraction exhibition
TAG Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands
2011 : Tessel, kinetic sound installation
Collaboration with Kangding Ray
Cimatics / TodaysArt Festival, Amplified Spaces exhibition
The Egg Rotonde, Brussels, Belgium
2011 : particleSynthesis, sound installation
Tender Bottom exhibition
Overpoort, Ghent, Belgium
2011 : Tessel, kinetic sound installation
Collaboration with Kangding Ray
Nemo Festival, Atelier GH, Paris, France
2011 : particleSynthesis, six-screen installation
From Kinetic to Digital Art, solo exhibition
Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France
2010 : binaryWaves, sonic compositions and 2 × 540 kHz, sonic installation
Collaboration with Mika Vainio
City Sonics Festival, Machine à Eau, Mons, Belgium
2010 : Kopplungen, concert for organ and installation
Collaboration with Maciej Śledziecki
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany
2009 : sigma 573, audiovisual environment
ConTempo Festival
Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2009 : 2 × 540 kHz, sound installation and concert
Collaboration during Mika Vainio's residency
Mediaruimte, Brussels, Belgium
2007 : particleSynthesis, audiovisual environment
CTM Festival
Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Berlin, Germany
2007 : liquid space 05 — Building Spaces, collaborative workshop
CTM Festival
Ballhaus Naunynstraße, Berlin, Germany
with Frank Bretschneider, Byetone, and Patric Catani ...
2007 : spectr(a)um, urban screen concert
Dexia Tower, Place Rogier, Brussels, Belgium
with Byetone and the Balanescu Quartet...
2007 : binaryWaves, sonic compositions
Abbatiale Saint-Ouen, Rouen, France
2006 : liquid space 04—co/ordinate space, collaborative workshop
TENT, Neo-Beginners
Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2006 : exploring the room, audiovisual environment
Mapping Festival
Usine, Geneva, Switzerland
2005 : liquid space 03—Feedback Loops, collaborative workshop
De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Mapping Festival
Usine, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Sónar Festival
Barcelona, Spain
2004 : space navigable music, The 10th Sphere concert
Atomium, Brussels, Belgium
with Funkstörung, Glomag, Bubblyfish...
2004 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Architecture Sonore Festival
Gare Perrache, Lyon, France
2003 : liquid space 01—Designing Sonic Spaces, collaborative workshop
RESFEST and Art Center Nabi
Seoul, South Korea
2003 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Distorsonie Futur Music Festival
Hangar TDK, Bologna, Italy
2003 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Eklektik Art Event
Centre Agora, Liège, Belgium
with Funkstörung
2002 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Nuit Blanche Brussels
Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium
2002 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Spielplatz M9 Goldfinger
Invitation by Mille Plateaux, Frankfurt, Germany
2002 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
OFFF Festival
Barcelona, Spain
2002 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
Café d'Anvers
Café d'Anvers, Antwerp, Belgium
2001 : space navigable music, audiovisual environment
e-topia Festival
Tempodrom Anhalter Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
liquid space 01–03, 360° circular book
2003 : liquid space, artist book, edition of 300
A circular sample book documenting four years of collaborative research into spatial sonic environments and translating immersive audiovisual experience into print.