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CURATED BY LAb[au]
Curating exhibitions became an extension of LAb[au]'s artistic practice, creating collaborative and theoretical contexts where ideas, rather than disciplines, could meet around shared investigations into the role and history of contemporary art within our digital society.
OTHERS:
2025--- Remarks on Colour Group Show at KBK Artspace, Brussels, curated in collaboration with Pieter Vermeulen
TOPOS:
Artist-run exhibition space curated by Manuel Abendroth, Jofroi Amaral and Jérôme Decock
2023 --- AXIOM #3 - P,Oe?!e, the language of the image and the image of language, Group Show, TOPO?, Brussels, 15.09.–30.11.2023
2023 --- AXIOM #2 - MALZEIT | ZEITMALEN, Group Show, KBK, Brussels, 09.02.–26.02.2023
2022 --- AXIOM #1 - PREMISES, MALBILDER | BILDERMALEN, Group Show, TOPO?, Brussels, 20.05.–20.06.2022
SOCIETE:
Artist-run exhibition space, curated by Els Vermang & Manuel Abendroth
2020 --- TRANSCODING, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 03.09.–01.11.2020
2010 - 2019
OTHERS:
2018 --- TIME, Group-Show, Catherine Bastide Projects, Marseille, 26.01.-06.05.18, curated by Els Vermang & Manuel Abendroth
2013 --- CINÉTIQUE | NUMÉRIQUE, Group Show, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, 02.06.-11.07.13
2011 --- inFORM, Group Show, Kunst-Zicht, Ghent, 30.11.2011-22.01.2012
2011 --- DIFRACTION, Group Show, TAG Institute, The Hague, 17.12.2010-17.01.2011, curated in collaboration with Hicham Khalidi
SOCIETE:
a space curated by Els Vermang & Manuel Abendroth
2019 --- ENCOUNTERED ERRORS, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 05.09.-09.11.19
2019 --- CALCULATED CHANCE, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 25.04.-29.06.19
2018 --- MEASUREMENTS, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 09.09.-29.11.18, curated in collaboration with Christoph Veys
2018 --- EARTH & SKY, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 19.04.-30.06.18
2017 --- TIME, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 07.09.-12.11.17
2017 --- MODUS OPERANDI, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 15.04.-15.07.17, curated in collaboration with Gregory Lang
2016 --- XEROX, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 07.09.-14.11.16, curated in collaboration with Gregory Lang
2016 --- MONOCHROME, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 28.05.-31.07.16
2016 --- 0, 1, 2, 3, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 20.02.-24.04.16
2015 --- INDENT, Group Show, Societé, Brussels, 08.10.–19.12.15, curated in collaboration with Michèle Rossignol
MEDIARUIMTE:
Media art space, curated by Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock and Els Vermang
2012 --- MRxpo35 - WESLEY MEURIS, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 13.04.-19.05.12
2012 --- MRxpo34 - MARIUS WATZ, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 29.02.–31.05.12
2011 --- MRxpo32 - KOEN VANMECHELEN, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 22.04.–22.05.11
2011 --- MRxpo31 - PETER BEYLS, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 19.02.–09.05.11
2010 --- MRxpo28 - TESSEL, DAVID LETELIER + LAb[au], Mediaruimte, Brussels, 06.11.-06.12.10
2010 --- MRxpo27 - ARTOMATON, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 23.04.–23.05.10
2010 --- MRxpo26 - ROMAN KIRCHNER, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 29.01.–23.02.10
2010 --- MRxpo25 - FREDERIK DE WILDE, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 15.01.-25.01.10
MRxpo29, MRxpo30 and MRxpo33 took place outside the Mediaruimte space.
CONCERTS:
The exhibitions curated by LAb[au] were accompanied by a concert programme including the following:
Byetone, Alva Noto, Pixxel, Kanding Ray, Frank Bretschneider, Felix Kubin, Candie Hank, Mika Vainio, Bubblyfish, Huoratron, Ben et Bene, Novi Sad
1997 - 2010
MEDIARUIMTE:
a space curated by Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock and Els Vermang
2009 --- MRxpo24 - MIKA VAINIO, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 13.11.–13.12.09
2009 --- MRxpo23 - CONCEPT+LINE, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 24.04.-06.05.09
2008 --- MRxpo22 - C.E.B. REAS, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 20.11.–29.11.08
2008 --- MRxpo21 - CYBERNETICS, NICOLAS SCHOEFFER, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 10.04.-16.07.08
2007 --- MRxpo20 - MATTER OF SUBTRACTION | HOLGER LIPPMANN, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 14.10.–31.10.07
2007 --- MRxpo19 - DIGITAL TERRITORIES, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 06.09.- 26.09.07
2007 --- MRxpo18 - JAN ROBERT LEEGTE, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 12.04.–26.04.07
2007 --- MRxpo17 - DISPLAY, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 05.01.-15.01.07
2006 --- MRxpo16 - LMITEAZERO, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 12.11.-25.11.06
2006 --- MRxpo15 - HARDWEAR, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 26.10.–29.10.06
2006 --- MRxpo14 - FABRIC | CH, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 29.09.-14.10.06
2006 --- MRxpo13 - FRAGMENTS URBAINS- LEGOMAN, Group-Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 16.06.-22.06.06
2006 --- MRxpo12 - STREAM SPACE | PETER MASCHKE, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 25.05.-03.06.06
2006 --- MRxpo11 - EOD02, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 13.04.–21.04.06
2005 --- MRxpo10 - PROCE55ING, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 31.10.–04.12.05
2005 --- MRxpo09 - CITYSNAPPER, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 17.05.–20.06.05
2005 --- MRxpo08 - INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE | FABRIC, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 14.04.-21.04.05
2005 --- MRxpo07 - PROCESSED DESIGN, N.WIERINCK, Solo Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 22.03-28.04.05
2005 --- MRxpo06 - STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENT, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 24.02.–26.02.05
2004 --- MRxpo05 - MICROBYTES & KILOBYTES, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 22.11.–28.11.04
2004 --- MRxpo04 - ORGANIC*RAM, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 21.10.-30.10.04
2004 --- MRxpo03 - ARCHITE(X)TURES VERSUS DANCE, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 28.02. - 21.03.04
2003 --- MRxpo02 - INFOSCAPES - INFOSOCIETY, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 23.11.-30.11.03
2003 --- MRxpo01 - ARCHITE(X)TURES VERSUS MUSIC, Group Show, Mediaruimte, Brussels, 30.10.-07.11.03
RESIDENCIES:
The exhibitions were accompanied by a residency programme featuring:
2009 --- MRtmp12 - Mika Vainio, residency, 12.09.–18.09.09
2008 --- MRtmp11 - Roman Kirschner, residency, 20.07.-20.08.08
2007 --- MRtmp07 - Jan Robert Leegte, residency, 01.04.-01.05.07
2006 --- MRtmp06 - Frederik de Wilde, residency, 20.03.-30.04.06
SCREENINGS:
2004 --- MR.ini05 - FLEISCHFILM, cinematic presentation by Thorsten Fleisch, 31.10.04
LECTURES:
The exhibitions were accompanied by a series of lectures featuring the following:
Sven Sterken, «Iannis Xenakis' Polytopes», Lev Manovich «MetaDesign», Marcos Novak «Liquid Architecture»
Eleonore L. Schöffer, «Le Kyldex de Nicolas Schöffer et la Ville cybernétique»
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS:
The exhibitions were accompanied by a series of artist presentations featuring the following:
Toxi aka Karsten Schmidt, FuzzyLogic aka Jerry Galle, Stanza, Satori, sCrAmBlEd_HaCkZ, James Clar, Synken
CONCERTS:
The exhibitions were accompanied by a concert programme featuring the following:
Balanescu Quartet, Patric Catani, Klement, Playboy's Band, I8u, Dicodesafinado, Gunter Adler, Satori, Kosmoplovci, Sinusjog, Eavesdropper, Kog Theorem, Halofaust, Augsburger Tafelconfect, Petersonic, Etschaberry, Incite, GradCom, Nova Huta, Neoangin, Opus Delenda, Triphaze, Mik music, David Helbig, Boris Batschung, Marco Ciciliani, Gangpol und Mit
2020 - 2030
Selected curatorial projects organised by LAb[au] since 1997 through TOPO?, Mediaruimte and Societé.
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