LAB-AU
Els I. R. L. Vermang was from Feb 2003 until Feb 2023 part of the artist trio LAb[au].
According to the technological progress of the past 50 years, LAb(au) examines the transformation of art in n-dimensional (visual, sonic, spatial,..) form. It is chiefly known for its large-scale installations using interactive and reactive systems.
Her work with LAb[au] was exhibited at some of the world’s most reputated art institutions, such as Kunsthal (Action Reaction - Rotterdam, 2018), Musee d’Art Contemporain (Physicality - Montreal, 2015), MOMA (Artist Novelist - New York, 2014), Biennale di Venezia (Noise - Venice, 2013), Seoul Museum of Art (Artificial garden - Seoul, 2013),... and many more. It is being sold at international art fairs among which SP Arte (DAN, severel times), FIAC (Denise Rene, 2014) and Art Basel (Denise Rene, 2015). With LAb[au] she realized several permanent artworks for public space.
LAb[au] is represented by DAN Galeria, Sao Paolo, Brasil.
Exhibitions (selection)
[2021] // '365': in group exhibition ‘X’ at FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou [ fr ]. 20.11.20 > 30.06.21
[2019] // ‘If Then Else’ : solo-exhibition at Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg City [ lux ]. 27.09.19 > 05.01.20
[2018] // ‘mosaique 5x15 bw’ : in group exhibition ‘Action <> Reaction’ at Kunsthal, Rotterdam [ nl ]. 22.09.18 > 20.01.19
[2018] // ‘What Hath God Wrought?’ : in group exhibition at MAAT, Lisbon [ pt ]. 22.10 > 28.10.18
[2016] // ‘What Hath God Wrought?’: in group exhibition at Museum M, Leuven [ be ]. 19.10.15 > 17.01.17
[2016] // ‘S/N’ : in group exhibition ‘Terminal P’ at La Panacee, Marseille [ fr ]. 17.06 > 18.08
[2015] // ‘mosaique 4x4x4 rgb’ : in group exhibition at ACC, Gwangju [ kr ]. 25.11 > 30.06.16
[2014] // ‘S/N’ : in group exhibition ‘Physicality’ at Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal [ can ]. 23.05 > 01.06.14
[2014] // ‘zero un’ : solo-exhibition at galerie denise rene, Paris [ fr ]. 06.02 > 22.03.14
[2014] // ‘S/N’ : in group exhibition ‘Artist Novelist’ at MOMA, New York [ usa ]. 08.01 > 31.03.14
[2013] // ‘PixFlow #2’ : in group exhibition ‘noise’ at Biennale di Venezia, Venice [ it ]. 30.05 > 20.09.13
[2012] // ‘Particle Springs’ : in group exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul [ kr ]. 04 > 23.12.12
[2010] // ‘Chrono.prints’ + ‘f555 proto + notations’ + ‘Binary Waves notations’ : in group exhibition at Ludwig Forum, Aachen [ de ]. 12.09 > 14.11
[2010] // ‘Binary Waves’ + ‘f552’ : in group exhibtion at Singapore Art Museum, Singapore [ sgp ]. 16.09 > 26.09.
[2010] // ‘m0t1v’ : solo-exhibition at Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln [ de ]. 08.01 - 12.02
[2009] // ‘Young Belgian Painters Award’ : group exhibition at BOZAR, Brussels [ be ]. 24.06 > 13.09
Permanent Artworks
[2021] // kontexte - Loredana Marchi footbridge, Brussels, Belgium
[2019] // Zäit Wuert - Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
[2019] // Palimpsest - Wijkpark De Porre, Ghent, Belgium
[2019] // 365 - De Hoorn, Leuven, Belgium
[2016] // 365 - Quai 10 and La Vigie, Charleroi, Belgium
[2016] // Lux Aeternae - AZF Mémorial, Toulouse, France
[2016] // 10e-15 - Temis Science, Besançon, France
[2016] // siloScope - Square Jules Guesde, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
[2012] // mosaique 15x26 - Maison de la Mécatronique, Annecyle-Vieux, France
Artworks with LAb[au] in collections (selection)
[2021] // kontexte - KANAL / Centre Pompidou, Belgium
[2021] // yes, no: perhaps - Hager, Strasbourg
[2018] // 2x540 kHZ - Kiasma, Helsinki
[2017] // origamiSquare 59 squares - Linklaters, Madrid
[2017] // origamiC160 Rhombi - Reynaerts, Duffel
[2017] // origamiC 20 squares 54 kites - Cosnova, Frankfurt
[2017] // origamiPenrose 71 kites and darts – Aegon, Amersfoort
[2016] // EOD02 - ZKM, Karlsruhe
[2016] // origamiSquare 192 squares - Linklaters, Brussels
[2016] // SwarmDots - Fidelity, Luxembourg City
[2006] // pixFlow02 - Itau Cultural, Sao Paulo
Monographic Publications
[2015] // concepts, modes, systems - R-diffusion
[2010] // MetaDeSIGN - Les presses du Reel
Selection of large-scale installations
yes no perhaps
2021
Auto-poetic installation transposing the principle of the “on (yes) / off (no)” switch into binary data to randomly generate letters, words and sentences.
Commissioned by the electric fuse manufacturer Hager.
palimpsest
2019
Auto-poetic installation constituted by two circular displays. The lower ring displays the process - the generation of random letters, while the upper one displays and overwrites the result - the creation of words by combinatorial logic.
Commissioned by the City of Ghent.
mosaique
2016
Kinetic installation combining geometry and colour.
Commissioned by global law firm Linklaters, Brussels.
365
2016
Auto-poetic installation generating a different word each day. It questions our daily habits; ‘métro, boulot, dodo’, and renews the reading of our daily post-industrial landscape.
Commissioned by the City of Charleroi.
pergola
2015
Kinetic light artwork constituted of an elevated steal frame supporting rotating squared tiles. The artwork invites the spectators to enter in a space under this artificial sky to contemplate patterns of light and motion.
mosaique
2012
Kinetic light artwork assigning the visible spectrum of light to the position (space) and motion (time) and consequently unifying wood
colour and motion through the phenomenon of light.
1%, Maison Mecatronique, Annecy-le-Vieux.
