DANCE PERFORMANCES
Dance performances constituted one of the earliest contexts in which LAb[au] explored the relationship between the body, space and real-time computation. Developed in close collaboration with choreographers and dancers, these works investigated how movement could generate visual, sonic and spatial structures through real-time processes. Although this line of research remained concentrated within the first decade of LAb[au]'s practice, it established many of the principles that would later shape the studio's investigations into generative systems, responsive environments and the choreography of space.
Highlighted Performance Works (1999–2007)
MAN IN E.SPACE, real-time dance performance
en 3+4 jeu x 3, interactive dance performance
2007 : Man in e.space, Dans en Vol, 6ᵉ Biennale
Wolubilis, Brussels, Belgium, 16.10.–19.10.2007
2007 : Man in e.space, TODAYSART Festival
City Hall Atrium, The Hague, The Netherlands, 21.09.2007
2007 : Man in e.space, New Territories Festival
Glasgow, UK, 08.02.2007
2006 : Man in e.space, Elektra Festival
Usine C, Montréal, Canada, 09.05.-10.05.2006
2006 : Man in e.space, Rendez-vous Danse d'Arcadi
La Ferme du Buisson, Paris, France, 25.02.–26.02.2006
2005 : Man in e.space, Le Carré des Jalles, Residency
Bordeaux, France, 24.11.–25.11.2005
2005 : Man in e.space
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 29.05.2005
2005 : Man in e.space, Opening of Nicolas Schöffer's Exhibition
Espace EDF Electra, Paris, France, 11.05.2005
2004 : D.O.T.N.A.N.A., File Festival
São Paulo, Brazil, 24.11.2004
2004 : D.O.T.N.A.N.A.,
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 08.05.2004
2004 : en3+4jeu x 3, TILT Festival
El Mediator, Perpignan, France, 30.01.2004
2003 : en3+4jeu x 3, Urban Lab
Bauhaus Dessau, Germany, 12.10.–13.10.2003
2003 : en3+4jeu x 3, Big Bang Festival
Théâtre, Avignon, France, 24.03.2003
2002 : en3+4jeu x 3, Villette Emergences Festival
Maison de la Villette, Paris, France, 25.09.2002
hisTHORy, digital choreography
2002–2016 · hisTHORy, digital choreography
An online navigator created for the Belgian dance company THOR, based on the compression of video sequences into single composite images. These motion maps allowed visitors to reconstruct each choreography through navigation, transforming the images into scrollable videos articulated by an interactive timeline. Inspired by Étienne-Jules Marey's chrono-photographic studies, the project translated dance into a navigable visual score, creating a choreographic experience within the web browser.
2002 : Awarded the Special Prize for New Online Technologies at the Grand Prix International Vidéo Danse, under the patronage of the International Dance Council (CID–UNESCO)