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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

CURATORSHIPS

Operating artist-run exhibition platforms and curating exhibitions became an extension of LAb[au]’s artistic practice, creating collaborative and theoretical contexts in which ideas, rather than disciplines, could meet through shared investigations into the histories and changing role of art in a digital society.

21.04.202511.05.2025 — Remarks on Colour

KBK Artspace, Brussels, Belgium
Curated in collaboration with Pieter Vermeulen

TOPO?

Artist-run nomadic exhibition space, Brussels, Belgium
Group exhibitions curated by Manuel Abendroth, Jofroi Amaral and Jérôme Decock

15.09.202330.11.2023 — AXIOM #3, - P, Oe?! e

The language of the image and the image of language
Co-curated with Claude Closky

TOPO?, Brussels, Belgium


09.02.202326.02.2023 — AXIOM #2, MALZEIT | ZEITMALEN

KBK, Brussels, Belgium

20.05.202220.06.2022 — AXIOM #1, PREMISES

TOPO?, Brussels, Belgium

SOCIÉTÉ
Artist-run exhibition platform, Brussels, Belgium

Group exhibitions curated by Els Vermang and Manuel Abendroth

03.09.202001.11.2020 — TRANSCODING

20252020

REMARKS ON COLOUR

AXIOMS

PREMISES

TRANSCODING

 

TIME

inFORM

DIFFRACTION





ENCOUNTERED ERRORS

CALCULATED CHANCE

MEASUREMENTS

MODUS OPERANDI

XEROX


MONOCHROME

INDENT










TESSELLATION

AUTOMATON


 

20192010
 

26.01.2018–06.05.2018 — TIME

Catherine Bastide Projects, Marseille, France

Curated by Els Vermang and Manuel Abendroth

02.06.2013–11.07.2013 — CINÉTIQUE | NUMÉRIQUE 

Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence, France

30.11.2011–22.01.2012 — inFORM

Kunst-Zicht, Ghent, Belgium

17.12.2010–17.01.2011 — DIFFRACTION

TAG Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

Curated in collaboration with Hicham Khalidi

 


SOCIÉTÉ
Artist-run exhibition platform, Brussels, Belgium
Group exhibitions curated by Els Vermang and Manuel Abendroth

05.09.2019–09.11.2019 — ENCOUNTERED ERRORS

25.04.2019–29.06.2019 — CALCULATED CHANCE

09.09.2018–29.11.2018 — MEASUREMENTS

                 Curated in collaboration with Christoph Veys

19.04.2018–30.06.2018 — EARTH & SKY

07.09.2017–12.11.2017 — TIME

15.04.2017–15.07.2017 — MODUS OPERANDI
                  Curated in collaboration with Gregory Lang

07.09.2016–14.11.2016 — XEROX
                  Curated in collaboration with Gregory Lang

28.05.2016–31.07.2016 — MONOCHROME

20.02.2016–24.04.2016 — 0, 1, 2, 3

​08.10.2015–19.12.2015 — INDENT
                   Curated in collaboration with Michèle Rossignol



MEDIARUIMTE
Media art space, Brussels, Belgium
Solo and group exhibitions curated by LAb[au]

13.04.2012–19.05.2012 — MRxpo35, WESLEY MEURIS

29.02.2012–31.03.2012 — MRxpo34, MARIUS WATZ
22.04.2011–22.05.2011 — MRxpo32, KOEN VANMECHELEN
19.02.2011–09.05.2011 — MRxpo31, PETER BEYLS

06.11.2010–06.12.2010 — MRxpo28, TESSEL

23.04.2010–23.05.2010 — MRxpo27, ARTOMATON

29.01.2010–23.02.2010 — MRxpo26, ROMAN KIRCHNER

15.01.2010–25.01.2010 — MRxpo25, FREDERIK DE WILDE

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CONCERTS

The exhibitions were accompanied by a concert programme featuring:


Byetone, Alva Noto, Pixxel, Kangding Ray, Frank Bretschneider, Felix Kubin, Candie Hank, Mika Vainio, Bubblyfish, Huoratron, Ben et Bene,

and Novi Sad​

 

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CONCEPT: LINE

CYBERNETICS

DIGITAL TERRITORIES

DIS.PLAY


URBAN FRAGMENTS

PROCESSED DESIGN

STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENTS

ARCHITE(x)TURES
































WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

IMAGINING CITIES

20091999

MEDIARUIMTE
Media art space, Brussels, Belgium

Solo and group exhibitions curated by LAb[au]

13.11.200913.12.2009 MRxpo24, MIKA VAINIO
24.04.2009
06.05.2009 MRxpo23, CONCEPT: LINE
20.11.2008–29.11.2008
— MRxpo22, C.E.B. REAS
10.04.2008
16.07.2008 MRxpo21, NICOLAS SCHÖFFER
14.10.2007
31.10.2007 MRxpo20, HOLGER LIPPMANN
06.09.2007
26.09.2007 MRxpo19, DIGITAL TERRITORIES
12.04.2007
26.04.2007 MRxpo18, JAN ROBERT LEEGTE
05.01.2007
15.01.2007 MRxpo17, DIS.PLAY
12.11.2006
25.11.2006 MRxpo16, LMITEAZERO 
26.10.2006
29.10.2006 MRxpo15, HARDWEAR
29.09.2006
14.10.2006 MRxpo14, FABRIC | CH
16.06.2006
22.06.2006 MRxpo13, FRAGMENTS URBAINS
25.05.2006
03.06.2006 MRxpo12, STREAM SPACE | PETER MASCHKE 
13.04.2006
21.04.2006 MRxpo11, EOD02
31.10.2005
04.12.2005 MRxpo10, PROCE55ING
17.05.2005
20.06.2005 MRxpo09, CITYSNAPPER
14.04.2005
21.04.2005 MRxpo08, FABRIC | CH
22.03.2005
28.04.2005 MRxpo07, PROCESSED DESIGN, N. WIERINCK
24.02.2005
26.02.2005 — MRxpo06, STRUCTURAL ENVIRONMENTS
22.11.2004
28.11.2004 MRxpo05, MICROBYTES & KILOBEATS
21.10.2004
30.10.2004 MRxpo04, ORGANIC*RAM
28.02.2004
21.03.2004 MRxpo03, ARCHITE(X)TURES VERSUS DANCE 
23.11.2003
30.11.2003 MRxpo02, INFOSCAPES INFOSOCIETY
30.10.2003
07.11.2003 MRxpo01, ARCHITE(X)TURES VERSUS MUSIC

RESIDENCIES
The programme included the following artist residencies:

12.09.2009–18.09.2009 — MRtmp12, Mika Vainio

20.07.200820.08.2008 MRtmp11, Roman Kirschner

01.04.200701.05.2007 MRtmp07, Jan Robert Leegte

20.03.200630.04.2006 MRtmp06, Frederik de Wilde

SCREENINGS

31.10.2004 MR.ini05, FLEISCHFILM
Cinematic presentation by Thorsten Fleisch

LECTURES

The exhibitions were accompanied by lectures featuring:

Sven Sterken, «Iannis Xenakis’ Polytopes»; Lev Manovich, «MetaDesign»; Marcos Novak, «Liquid Architecture»; and Éléonore L. Schöffer, «Le Kyldex de Nicolas Schöffer et la Ville cybernétique»

ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
The exhibitions were accompanied by artist presentations featuring:

Toxi aka Karsten Schmidt, FuzzyLogic aka Jerry Galle, Stanza, Satori, sCrAmBlEd_HaCkZ, James Clar, and Synken

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CONCERTS

The exhibitions were accompanied by a concert programme featuring:

Balanescu Quartet, Patric Catani, Klement, Playboy's Band, i8u, Dicodesafinado, Günter Adler, Satori, Kosmoplovci, Sinusjog, Eavesdropper, Kog Theorem, Halofaust, Augsburger Tafelconfect, Petersonic, Etschaberry, Incite, GradCom, Nova Huta, Neoangin, Opus Delenda, Triphaze, Mik.Musik, David Helbich, Boris Baltschun, Marco Ciciliani, and Gangpol und Mit


THE LAB
Quai au Foin, Brussels, Belgium


19.03.1999
–18.04.1999 Imagining Cities, KYONG PARK 

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