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COLLABORATIVE AGENCY

fields of research:
colour – time – language – possibility

towards:
an archive of colour
an architecture of time
a combinatorium of languages
a library of possibles and probables

artworks
painting, writing, calculating, transcoding

installations
available, archive, in progress

public art
public space, indoor, ongoing, proposals

Founding Members (1997)

MANUEL ABENDROTH
JERÔME DECOCK

In its early years, LAb[au] was best described as a collaborative agency bringing together artists, architects, designers, musicians, programmers, and researchers. As its methodology matured, LAb[au] gradually evolved into an artistic label shaped by the research of its founders.

Today, collaborations unfold within this conceptual framework. Behind every project carrying the LAb[au] label stand the many contributors whose names are acknowledged here. Throughout this evolving constellation, Manuel Abendroth and Jérôme Decock have remained the continuous thread since 1997.



MEMBERS SINCE 1997

2023–2024 Thibault Drouillon
2003–2023 Els Vermang
2013–2017 Ioannis Perisoratis
2002–2007 Pieter Heremans
2005–2006 Michiel Helbig
2003–2005 Benjamin Grillet
2000–2001 Grégoire Verhaegen
1998–2001 Alexandre Plennevaux
1997–2000 Naziha Mestaoui



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ASSISTANTS


Since 2025 Agata Wala

2019–2021 Arnaud Eubelen
2019–2021 Ugne Vyliaudaite
2018–2021 Lahcen Boukhoubza
2017–2019 Typhaine Croes
2016–2021 Walter Wathieu
2014–2017 Martha Gruca
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MUSICIANS


Olaf Bender aka Byetone, audiovisual environment: spectr(a)um
Frank Bretschneider, audiovisual environment: spectr(a)um
David Letellier aka Kangding Ray, kinetic sound installation: Tessel
Mika Vainio, radio installation: 2×540 kHz
Yves De Mey aka Eavesdropper, performance: exploring the room
Petersonic, performance: exploring the room
Els Viaene, performance: exploring the room
Maciej Śledziecki, composition: Kopplungen
Xavier Gazon aka Etschaberry, project: space navigable music
Charles Blondeel aka Erzatz, project: space navigable music
Halofaust, project: space navigable music
Chris Burke aka Glomag, project: space navigable music
Haeyoung Kim aka Bubblyfish, project: space navigable music
Marc Wathieu, performance: Man in eSpace, installation: 12m4s

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ARTISTS

ARCHITECTS

ENGINEERS


John Knight, project: Worldebt – You Can Count on It
Marin Kasimir, project: Panoramic Pavilion
Frederik De Wilde, installation: EOD 02
Daniel Buren, project: Catalogue Raisonné – Cartographic Map
Gilles Conan, public artwork: Lux Aeterna
Jerry Galle, project: nan – Strange Attractors
Dennis & Amy Plumb Oppenheim: installation: Prediction Rebuilt
Paul Gonze (Mass Moving), project: TOUT
Jofroi Amaral, project: 48 Axioms About Art; diptych painting: phosphorescent green screen

Patrice Neirinckx, AVA Architects, scenography: GameVillage;
urban study: Lightscape(s)
Polo Architects, urban study: Brussels Ring Culture
Sergison Bates Architects, public artwork: Source of Uncertainty
Olivier Bastin, L'Escaut, project: Zaragoza

Ney & Partners, public artwork: SiloScope
UTIL, public artwork: Pergola; 10e-15; 365
Filip Van de Voorde, DENKBAR, public artwork: Kontext(e)
Dries Mouton, Mouton, public artwork: Source of Uncertainty

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OTHERS


WolfK, Res Publica Dance Company
performances: Man in eSpace; en 3+4 jeu x 3
Thierry Smits, Thor Dance Company, digital choreography: hisTHORy

Laurent Lukas, Roger Tator, public artwork: Silo d'Arenc; 10e-15; Transmit
Joël Benzakin, encore...bruxelles, projects: Worldebt; encore...; Daniel Buren catalogue raisonné; scenographies: Play; La Langue Française

Crstof, fashion designer, installation: i-skin (virtual embodiment) scenography: Catwalk
Carl Desmet, project: pro-sensual products

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