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origami Jacquart

2019

LAb[au], Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock, Els Vermang
size: 180x180cm
techniques: Jacquart weaving, three colours

format

four carpets have been realised

format

each carpet is a unique artwork

history

2024 - Painting, Writing, Calculating, Transcoding

           Solo Show at Dan Galeria, Sao Paulo

2022 - ZEITZEICHEN, ZEICHENZEIT

           Solo Show, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim

2022 - PEINTURE: OBSOLESCENCE DEPROGRAMME 

           Group Show, Hospice Saint-Roch d'Issoudun

2020 - YES: NO, PERHAPS 

           Solo Show, Mario Mauroner Contemporary, Vienna

2019 - IF  THEN ELSE 

           Solo Show, Casino Luxembourg Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg City

abstract

Transcoding the flag alphabet, the semaphore, into a binary geometric pattern. Based on this logic, the sorting of all possible combinations of five letters becomes a woven dictionary where its geometrique pattern follows language rules. Here geometry is language.

transcoding:

alphabet into binary encoding, into weaving pattern
alphabetic sorting equal geometrical pattern

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text

The transcoding of the alphabet, its binary encoding in accordance with the flag alphabet, the semaphore, and appear on four tapestries woven by the zero-one (under-over) Jacquard process. The Jacquard loom was invented in the 18th century to enable the production of complex weaving patterns instructed by punched cards. Based on the principle that weaving is a code, these four pieces incorporate some of the abovementioned configurations. The fabric becomes a language pattern that extends the notion of the flag as a signal to the tapestry as an encyclopaedia. The many possible ways of structuring the combinations produce diverse geometrical patterns, thus creating another connection between formal logic and written language.

collection

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artwork by the Belgian art-studio LAb[au] dealing with the transcoding of signs, symboles, codes from one media into another

LAb[au] is working on the relationship between: architecture & art - language & art, at the crossing of conceptual, concrete, and digital art.

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