LABIOMISTA, the evolving work of art by Koen Vanmechelen in collaboration with the city of Genk, will reopen to the public on June 9th. "The lockdown has given the Cosmopolitan Culture Park yet another dimension," says the artist. “Our second season is all about connectivity, energy & healing. Our new campaign image perfectly symbolises this.”
When a pandemic shuts down her laboratories and temples, modern art finds new ways to spill over and engage with the world. In the Battery, the beating heart of LABIOMISTA, artist Koen Vanmechelen launches The Battery Channel. With this truck and audiovisual channel, Vanmechelen continues his artistic quest for meaning, identity, diversity and community in sounds, syllables and imaging.
Today, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is more than necessary to make a statement that we should show more respect for nature. We make this statement through artist Koen Vanmechelen's specially designed face mask with a highly charged symbolism. A volta is possible. This is Not a Chicken.
Wild Gene - a documentary on Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen, has been selected for the official selection of the prestigious Festival International du Film sur l'Art (FIFA) in Montreal.
"Wild Gene", a 70min documentary by Joris Gijsen on Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen, gives a unique insight in the studio practice of one of the most prominent Belgian artists of the last decade.
In the light of the opening of LABIOMISTA, we published a journal. LABIOMISTA Journal N°2 gives an insight in the filosofy of artist Koen Vanmechelen, and his worldwide foundations and cooperations. Read the journal online or buy a printed version at the LABIOMISTA shop.
