Architempo /~ alok b. nandi design.architempo.net

Architempo is more than active on the SEP conversation platform web design, an ideal example of cross-media project, involving on site exhibitions, websites, blogs, workshops, … showcasing the “Sustainable Everyday Project” powered by François Jégou and Ezio Manzini, with activities in Politecnico di Milano, in Brussels La Cambre ENSAV design school, …

The Sustainable Everyday Project proposes an open web platform to stimulate social conversation on possible sustainable futures… It presents a Catalogue of cases showing creative communities from all over the world developing original solutions promising in terms of sustainability. SEP offers also a Scenarios laboratory where visions on possible integration of these promising solutions in everyday life can be posted and discussed. Finally, SEP promotes a travelling exhibition with its related publication to meet local events, learn and enrich from it.

iMAL proposes in 2005 a unique experiment: openLAB, a workshop and residence of 2 weeks for about 20 artists invited to produce digital art works such as interactive installations and audiovisual performances. The participants are currently immersed in a large workplace installed at nadine, working with the assistance of advisers and experts in digital arts. Proposed works are as diverse as an interactive journey on a bicycle through Brussels, a sonic environment fueled by electric fishes, a dialog with a chatbot, an impossible encounter in a tunnel, a performance with drills, ropes and webcams,…

In openLAB, as in many activities organized by iMAL, the process is as important as the result. During the two working weeks, the participants - who for the most part had never before worked on interactive creations - worked together closely, enriching their tools and artistic endeavours in an openminded and dynamic community, fueled by mutual encounters, an ongoing dialogue and reciprocal stimulation.

Exhibitions and Performances : 3-4 / 12 @ Nadine
Nadine, 30 rue du Berger, 1050 Brussels

With the support of
nadine vzw, la Communauté française de Belgique (service audiovisuel et des multimedia, service des arts plastiques), Multitel asbl, Boups, Apple Belgium.

openLAB is a project produced by iMAL.
Concept: Yves Bernard. Coordinator and scenography advisor: Tom Heene. Assistants: Laure Gatelier & Jeremy Glick. Art Advisors and Experts: Yves Bernard, Manu Lestienne, Yacine Sebti, Johannes Taelman, Bart Vandeput.

Selection committe: Yves Bernard, Alok Nandi, Céline Pourveur, Marc Wathieu.