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LIGHTMACHINE[lahytmuh-sheen] noun, verb

1 - an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions
2 - the state of being visible, exposed to view, or revealed to public notice
3 - a portable production and presentation platform
4 - a 21st century gallery

FUTURE EVENTS : 012 . Jan Mast morphologies / 013 . Jan Mast zapp you / 014 . Nico Dockx @ ... ?
CURRENT EVENTS : 011 . Jan Mast @ FLACC / 010 . Nico Dockx @ ARS VIVA (2) / 009 . Nico Dockx @ VRT / 008 . Jan Mast phonebooks
PAST EVENTS : 007 . Nico Dockx @ MAMBO / 006 . Nico Dockx @ Ars Viva (1) 005 . René Heyvaert @ Extra City / 004 . Nico Dockx @ Floating Territories / 003 . Jan Mast @ documenta 12 magazines / 002 . René Heyvaert @ Museum Roger Raveel / 001 . René Heyvaert monography

012 . 2001 - ...

A long-term project by Jan Mast is nearing official release... stay tuned.

011 . 2008_03_31

An art factory for children. Featuring Jan Mast, Mike Carremans, Jo Foulon, Hilke Muyldermans, Helena Sidiropoulos, Frederik Van Simaey, Jochem Vanden Ecker, Lotte Vanhamel, Tom Vansant, Micha Volders and without a doubt : their students. They have 5 days to turn young boys and girls away from their daily habbits and reach a concentration in which they become part of the creation of an artwork, while exploring their personal needs and joys.
you can find the results here : http://www.lightmachine.info/morphologies/

010 . 2008_02_18

Nico Dockx gets selected for the Ars viva price. More info soon...

009 . 2008_01_18

It's happening tonight at the VRT. Nico Dockx' Today, Everyday will be presented to te public. A unique chance to visit the work at the heart of the VRT redaction. However, if you can't attend... don't worry. The project has a complete real-time, virtual equivalent thanks to the contributions of Jan Mast. you can find it here : http://todayeveryday.lightmachine.info/

008 . 2008_01_01

Start of an endless series of lightbooks by Jan Mast. More info soon...

007 . 2007_12_03

An intervention by Nico Dockx. More info soon...

006 . 2007_10_07

Nico Dockx gets selected for the Ars viva price. More info soon...

005 . 2007_09_20

THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2007 : LIGHTMACHINE and Extra City present a walk-through presentation about reading the René Heyvaert monography.
A 120 minutes / 328-pages discussion to discover the mind and spirit of Belgian artist and architect René Heyvaert (1924 - 1984), attempting a delicate reconstruction of the logical patterns that drove him to express his hard but poetical vision on life.
With statements, contributions and an open discussion with Bart De Baere (artistic director of MuHKA), Luc Derycke (graphic designer and editor), Corinne Desirens (director of Museion, Bolzano), Nico Dockx (artist, co-editor of the book), Lieve Laporte (art historian, co-editor of the book), Jan Mast (artist, co-editor and graphic designer of the book) and Franz W. Kaiser (director of exhibitions at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag).
With guests: Luc Coeckelberghs, Marc Dubois, Filip Francis, Anne & Alice Heyvaert, Honoré d'O, Kris Kimpe, Mark Luyten, Paul Robbrecht, Paul Tanghe ....

Parallel actions :
1 : "Institutions and Invention", with Wouter Davidts (curator of "Beginners and Begetters", on view at Extra City until September 23rd), Anselm Franke (Artistic Director Extra City) and Ole Bouman (Director of the NAi Rotterdam).
2 : Opening of BARt, a lecture bar by Koenraad Dedobbeleer (artist), Nico Dockx and Kris Kimpe (architect), starring Jan Mast.
3 : Presentation of UP3 containing material by Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Nico Dockx, Kris Kimpe and Jan Mast about an architectural project by René Heyvaert.
4 : Presentation of LIGHTMACHINE001, the experimental dummy, by Jan Mast and Lieve Laporte, that served as the grahic foundation for the René Heyvaert monography.

WHEN ? 20 september 20h - 23 h
WHERE ? Extra City - Klamperstraat 40 - 2060 Antwerpen

Extra City, Center for Contemporary Art
Klamperstraat 40, BE-2060 Antwerpen
+32 (0)484 42 10 70
www.extracity.org info@extracity.org
How to get there? see this map

René Heyvaert
authors Lieve Laporte & Jan Mast / introductory author Bart De Baere / editors Nico Dockx & Lieve Laporte & Jan Mast / designer Jan Mast / co-ordinating editor Jan Mast / advisor Luc Derycke
328 pages / 543 illustrations / flex-bound / ISBN 90-5544-617-3
published by Ludion / with the support of Cera / available through Copyright, FNAC, Ludion, Exhibitions International,...

004 . 2007_09_07

A trans-biennal artistic project: Istanbul_Athens_Venice on the occasion of 10th anniversary of the Evens Foundation. Kris Delacourt, Nico Dockx, Helena Sidiropoulos, Jochem Vanden Ecker share sound and image with you on the collaborative platform of Jan Mast. Check it out here : here. More info soon...

003 . 2007_07_02

> click an image to visit the interfaculty website

Jan Mast is a young mixed media artist (1980). Due to his previous collaborations with Metronome Press, he got invited to Kassel for documenta 12 magazines. He will spend some of his days in the Documenta Halle, but probably he will just be out on the streets. Absorbing Kassel into his sphere, process it and spit it back out. You can find a website reflecting his interfaculty, moods and movements - and more information - HERE.

> visit www.lightmachine.info/interfaculty/
> download more information
Interfaculty / ©2007 Jan Mast / for Metronome Press' Living Newspaper at documenta 12 magazines
with the support of Metronome Press, documenta 12, lightmachine agency, kunstonline.info, Flemish Community

002 . 2007_06_03

In 2000, Cera in collaboration with Ludion began publishing a series of monographs about seven renowned Belgian post-1945 visual artists: Amédée Cortier, Raoul De Keyser, René Heyvaert, Guy Mees, Roger Raveel, Dan Van Severen and Marthe Wéry.
The common factor that links these artistis and the reason underlying this series was the lack of informative and art-critical texts about their oeuvre, despite the significance of the artists. The monographs are meant to fill this void.
To conclude this series of publications, Cera and the Roger Raveel Museum present the group exhibition "7", which will be held from 3 June to 23 September 2007 in the Roger Raveel Museum in Machelen-Zulte. Curator of "7" is Franz Kaiser, director of exhibitions at the Gemeente-museum in The Hague.
Due to their extensive work on the archive and their recent publication of René Heyvaert' monography, Franz Kaiser asked Lieve Laporte and Jan Mast to take care of the representation of René Heyvaert, allowing an exhibition inside the exhibition.

> download the press file in french
> download the press file in dutch
a project by Cera / Roger Raveel Museum / Ludion

001 . 2007_01_01

> click the image to see a sample of pages

welcome to a new year, to new things - flashes of starlight gazing through everyday life - and the long-awaited release of the artist monography 'René Heyvaert'. a 328-pages-long walk through the mind of Belgian artist and architect René Heyvaert (1924 - †1984), attempting a delicate reconstruction of the logical patterns that drove him to express his hard but poetical vision on life.

René Heyvaert
authors Lieve Laporte & Jan Mast / introductory author Bart De Baere / editors Nico Dockx & Lieve Laporte & Jan Mast / designer Jan Mast / co-ordinating editor Jan Mast / advisor Luc Derycke
328 pages / 543 illustrations / flex-bound / ISBN 90-5544-617-3
published by Ludion / with the support of Cera / available through Copyright, FNAC, Ludion, Exhibitions International,...