BAUKUNST Performance & Performativity

Curators

Roxane Le Grelle, Iwan Strauven, Adrien Verschuere. In collaboration with Lara Molino and Lorenzo Vicari.

Team

TECHNICAL COORDINATION: Frederic Oulieu, Colin Fincoeur - MODELS AND ROBOTICS: Julien Dutertre and Loop Studio in collaboration with Antoine Rocca and Baukunst - PHOTOGRAPHY: Olivier Campagne (ArtefactoryLab), Maxime Delvaux, Klaus Frahm, Julien Hourcade, Etienne Malapert, Thomas Struth - FILM: Yuri Ancarani, Olivier Campagne (ArtefactoryLab), Maxime Delvaux, Nawri Khamallah, Sonia Levy - MECANISMS: Micomdoor, Piano’s Maene, SchermNed, Svensson, Christoph Van Damme, Vidisquare - TRANSLATIONS: Patrick Lennon, Nathalie Tabury - PROOFREADING & COPYEDITING: Controltaaldelete, Benoît Francès, Mathieu Lomax - PRINT: TAVU

About/Content

The Performance & Performativity exhibition reveals the work of Brussels architecture office Baukunst, founded by Adrien Verschuere in 2008. Despite the small number of built designs, Baukunst’s practice is intriguing. Its activity is located on the border between architecture and science, technology and form, construction (Bau) and art (Kunst), exploring each of these areas through design and research. Baukunst is thus driven by a dual ambition: the in-depth search for a language between fiction and reality on the one hand, and the definition of architecture’s social role on the other.

The Performance & Performativity exhibition aims to depict the multiple ties and collaborative practices that support the projects at BAUKUNST. Models, mechanisms, photographs and various videos illustrate the firm’s recent work and immerse the public in the firm’s unique world of artistic, philosophical and technical references.

Technical information

The exhibition Performance and Performativity consists of a series of models, drawings, videos and art works displayed on 400 m2.

As a co-production of BOZAR and A+ Architecture in Belgium, the exhibition is available for travelling as a whole or, on demand, as a selection of works.

Exhibition texts and photos of the displayed objects are available on demand.

Press

• Tentoonstelling bij BOZAR rond architectenbureau Baukunst - architectenweb.nl - 09/2019
• Architectenbureau BAUKUNST gooit hoge ogen: “Er moet een verhaal rond het gebouw hangen” - Nieuwsblad - 10/2019
• Baukunst infiltre Bozar à Bruxelles - AMC - 11/2019
• Baukunst - Domus - 03/2020

Itinerary

• Brussels 25 September 2019 till 19 January 2020 at Palais des Beaux-Arts - BOZAR
• Paris from October 16 to December 17, 2020 at the Solo Gallery
• Lisbon from 2nd to 30 October 2022 at the Carpintarias de São Lázaro Cultural Centre
  
• Berlin from March 23 to May 6, 2023 at the Architektur Galerie