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2024

Stadtbibliothek Heidenheim, Germany

LAb[au], Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock based on a project
developed with Els Vermang in 2019

custom tailored electronics and display, alumiunum case, lexan diffuser

310x60cm

The artwork is an edition of 3

other formats are possible

2024 --- writing, painting, calculating, transcoding
solo-show, DAN Galeria, Sao Paulo
2021 --- X,
group show, Frac des Pays de la Loire, curatorship Claude Closky

The installation is a light sign of eight letters, centrally situated in the entrance hall of the Heidenheim’s public library in Germany, and visible through the entrance windows from the public space, day and night. The words displayed are depending on a process that randomly generates one letter after another, and simultaneously checks the existence of their respective combinations in a dictionary. If not existing, the process restarts from scratch until a word is found. The average time needed to generate an eight letter word is around four hours, theoretically between one second and infinity. This writing process replaces the traditional narrative with a logical system leading to a playful approach on the edge of sense and nonsense. The work inscribes itself in the tradition of concrete poetry, pointing to an agnostic vision that involves the viewer’s interpretation and associations.

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