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origamiSquare Superblack

2020

LAb[au], Manuel Abendroth, Jérôme Decock, Els Vermang
Size: 6x6 resolution /105 x 105 cm
Technique: aluminium, Servomotors, electronics, software, Musou Black

based on a 6x6 grid of 15 x 15cm tiles =105 x 105 cm

unique edition, other resolutions/formats are planned

36 black moving squares on black surface reveal only on close look emerging out of the superblack deepness. Conciliating the boundaries between the visible and the invisible, the static and the kinetic, and the predictable with the unexpected, this work puts Malevich 'pure perception' into nowadays perspective.

rule 5 of 30
Fold in a chronological order one element after the other.
Leave 4 seconds between each movement:

1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36


rule 6 of 30
Randomly fold or unfold one to twelve elements symmetrical to central, vertical axis
Leave 7 seconds between each movement and repeat 15 times:

1
2 | 3
4 | 6, 5
7 | 10, 8 | 9
12 | 14, 13, 11 | 15
16 | 21, 17 | 20, 18 | 19
22 | 26, 24, 23 | 25
27 | 30, 28 | 29
31 | 33, 32
34 | 35
36


rule 7 of 30
Randomly fold or unfold one to twelve elements symmetrical to centre point
Leave 12 seconds between each movement and repeat 15 times :

1 | 36 , 2 | 35 , 3 | 34 , 4 | 33 , 5 | 32 , 6 | 31 , 7 | 30 , 8 | 29, 9 | 28,
10 | 27 , 11 | 26 , 12 | 25 , 13 | 24 , 14 | 23 , 15 | 22 ,16 | 21, 17 | 20 , 18 | 19

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2021 ___ - Ce mouvement qui déplace les lignes, La Patinoire, Brussels
2022 ___ - the tallest towers...., DAN Galeria, Sao Paolo

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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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