Shifting Worlds
Wiels and Atoma Art Center, Brussels, Belgium
16.10.2026–20.10.2026
curated by: Christophe de Jaeger, Gluon
LIST OF ARTISTS
Adrien Lucca, Bento Architecture, Hadassa Ngamba, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, Tom & Nicolas Valckenaere, Rachel Armstrong, Guillaume Slizewicz, Antye Guenther, Alice Jarry-Girard, Mona Filleul, Pandore Rossi, Lucía Xaxalxe, Matthijs De Block, Solar Lab, Eva L’Hoest, LAb[au], Laure Winants.
ABOUT
Can technology help us truly reshape the world? Sustainable change calls not only for new technologies, but also for a critical look at their cultural, social and ethical impact. Artists are the critical antennae of our society and play an important role in this. They challenge existing assumptions and imagine alternative futures through tangible images, installations, speculative scenarios, actions, prototypes and performances. The exhibition Shifting Worlds brings together the work of 17 artists and designers. From different perspectives, they reflect on the city of tomorrow and explore what role technology can – or precisely cannot – play in it.
PRESENTED ARTWORK
shifting worlds exhibition (external link)
organised by Gluon
Talk:
Cosmic Rays, Uncertainty and the construct of meaning
Piet Van Duppen and LAb[au]
![Two rows of slender light elements on tripods recede towards a dark archway in a brick corridor, part of Oh my God by LAb[au] at Atoma Art Center.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_1faa3afe6a3143328cf2a3ea1d3715c8~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_1447,h_1086,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/fb1d51_1faa3afe6a3143328cf2a3ea1d3715c8~mv2.png)
![View through a vaulted stone passage towards the parallel rows of Oh my God by LAb[au], with daylight at the far end.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_2f9bbe782e364d6faa91707adcf61826~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_1449,h_1084,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/fb1d51_2f9bbe782e364d6faa91707adcf61826~mv2.png)
![View between two rows of tilted light elements and tripods in Oh my God by LAb[au], extending towards a bright opening at Atoma Art Center.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_989d74b0869e4b06b7cc2e1459403121~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_1040,h_1385,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/fb1d51_989d74b0869e4b06b7cc2e1459403121~mv2.png)
![Oblique view of Oh my God by LAb[au], showing tilted light elements, supporting tripods and cables along the whitewashed brick walls.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_e8f3d8c4c6ae4d5d8f2021ce5aeef4cb~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_1449,h_1085,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/fb1d51_e8f3d8c4c6ae4d5d8f2021ce5aeef4cb~mv2.png)
![Close oblique view between the light elements of Oh my God by LAb[au], showing their aluminium structures, tripod supports and connecting cables.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_51b9a90b5b2341edade64a0c516061ec~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_1446,h_1086,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/fb1d51_51b9a90b5b2341edade64a0c516061ec~mv2.png)