openLAB Projects
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.