![View on the antenna capturing cosmic background radiation to listen to the universe by LAb[au]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_3af6e52f44bf452ea236db6f846481aa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_480,h_270,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image-place-holder.jpg)
listen to the universe
2026
Tuinstraat / Spoorweglaan, Kortrijk, Belgium
A landmark antenna atop a former telecom tower transcodes cosmic background radiation into words scrolling across surrounding displays, inviting citizens to look toward the stars and let their imagination wander.
Kon.text.e
2021
crossover Loredana Marchi, Brussels, Belgium
As a result of combinatorial logic, random words appear only for the time needed to generate them. Their rhythm contrasts with the flow of the city, forming a fleeting urban poem that invites imagination.
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![a ring of 15segments is hanging in a colling tower at de Porre in Ghent as being part of LAb(au]'s public artwork, palimpsest](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_7f6f512bc83d4b5b9f33d86702258684~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_480,h_270,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image-place-holder.jpg)
Palimpsest
2019
Wijkpark De Porre, Ghent, Belgium
Random generated words scroll along the crown of a former industrial cooling tower. Each new word overwrites older ones, creating a palimpsest of pure combinatorial logic, a poem in the skyline of Ghent.
365
2016
Quai 10 and La Vigie, Charleroi, Belgium
Facing Charleroi’s central station and city ring, an eight-letter display atop the Quai10 building reveals one randomly generated word each day. 365 questions our reading of urban space and opens interpretations.
10e-15, Femto
2014
Centre de recherche Femto, Temis Science, Besançon, France
The title refers to the metric scale of femto, used in photon technologies. The artwork translates this principle into a 15 m long frieze of Fresnel lenses, transforming the landscape into an impressionistic play of light and inviting passers-by to enter pure light.
![Brussels Dxia tower illuinated by LAb[au]'s project: the weather tower](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1d51_65e8ed2714514eccb9fd238fc490f1e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_480,h_270,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/Image-place-holder.jpg)
weather Tower
2007
Weather Tower, Rogier Tower, Brussels, Belgium
yearly illumination of Brussels Dexia Tower, displaying colour and geometric patterns driven by real-time data, provided by the Belgium Royal Meterological Institute. The artwork turns the tower into a weather beacon right in the very centre of the city.
yes, no: perhaps
2021
Terrasse des Rohan, Strasbourg, France
From random combinations, glyphs emerge. Some become letters, some words, and through AI-assisted ordering, a text arises from chance alone, probing the boundary between sense and nonsense in the public sphere.
Zäit Wuert
2019
Casino Luxembourg, Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg
A 6 letters display replaces the former light sign of the art center contextualising its name, related to its historic function of a Casino, by using chance operations to display random generated words.
365
2019
De Hoorn, Leuven, Belgium
A seven-letter display overlooks Leuven’s city centre, revealing a new randomly generated word each day and opening a field of associations and interpretations.
SiloScope
2014
Quai Jules Guesde, Vitry-sur-Seine, Paris, France
The 20 m high hyperboloid is a sound-reactive light sculpture located on the banks of the Seine in Vitry-sur-Seine. Through triangulated microphones, it detects the direction and speed of sounds from the urban environment, translating these data into dynamic light patterns.
Lux Aeternae
2012
AZF Mémorial, Toulouse, France
Lux Aeterna is the official memorial for the explosion of the AZF factory in Toulouse, France. The disaster took place on 21 September 2001, and is one of the most significant industrial accidents of its time, due to the magnitude of damage and the number of victims.