September 24 – November 6, 2022
CC De Ververij
Ronse, Belgium
Curated by Martine Bruggeman and Jan Leconte
Laura Splan’s molecular animation, Unraveling, is included in The Hidden Side of Lace at the Cultuurcentrum De Ververij Ronse. Unraveling (Marine/Aquamarine/Skyblue) is part of a series of intricate and lacey animations created with molecular visualization software and SARS-CoV-2 spike protein models. The project was developed in remote collaboration with scientists while “sheltering in place” for COVID-19 in the Spring of 2020. The colorful high definition animations present mesmerizing meditations on invisible entanglements between natural and constructed worlds. The titles and colors in the series dictated by the software echo idyllic representations of nature such as blue skies, green forests, ripe fruit, and romantic flowers. Unraveling peels back the layers of abstraction built into the interfaces of the technologies we use to engage with and manipulate the natural world.
Laura Splan’s molecular animation, Unraveling, is included in The Hidden Side of Lace at the Cultuurcentrum De Ververij Ronse. Unraveling (Marine/Aquamarine/Skyblue) is part of a series of intricate and lacey animations created with molecular visualization software and SARS-CoV-2 spike protein models. The project was developed in remote collaboration with scientists while “sheltering in place” for COVID-19 in the Spring of 2020. The colorful high definition animations present mesmerizing meditations on invisible entanglements between natural and constructed worlds. The titles and colors in the series dictated by the software echo idyllic representations of nature such as blue skies, green forests, ripe fruit, and romantic flowers. Unraveling peels back the layers of abstraction built into the interfaces of the technologies we use to engage with and manipulate the natural world.
CC De Ververij, Wolvestraat 37, Ronse 9600, België
In conjunction with the Textile Festival
Curated by Martine Bruggeman (vzw Living Lace) and Jan Leconte (CC De Ververij)
As for every two-yearly edition, the exhibition in the context of the Textile Festival explores the different expressions of textiles in contemporary arts. For this edition, in collaboration with the non-profit organization Living Lace, it was decided to focus on “lace”. The scope of the exhibition The Hidden Side of Lace will be very broad and will include works of art that will consist of lace material, but also choose visual artists who show an affinity with lace through sculptures, installations, paintings, drawings, videos ... in a narrow or broad sense. This time the exhibition is presented in an arts course with surprising (historical) locations in Ronse. In addition to works by participating artists, art objects from the collections of SMAK (Ghent), M HKA (Antwerp) and Mu.ZEE (Ostend) will also be shown. Within the course there will also be a place where textile works by students of several Flemish art academies will be displayed, including of course KAVA.
Laura Splan, Annie Verhoeven, Sandra Moreaux, Maarten Vanden Eynde, Armel Barraud, Tim Baute, Veronique Cardinael, Laurence Christiaens, Isabelle Copet, Helene De Ridder, Genevieve Kesteloot, Zjeeke Polleunis, Saskja Snauwaert, Steve Spilstyns, Tatjana Wolska, Coralie Domiter, Iris Frère, Juliana Swinnen, Lieve Smets, Gladys Sauvage, Tamara Van San, Wim Delvoye, Joris Ghekiere, Oksana Pasaiko, Geysell Capetillo, James Lee Byars, Dirk Braeckman, Guy Mees, René Heyvaert, Liliane Vertessen, Carlo Mistiaen, Manoeuvre, Manoeuvre & Saamo Ronse, Collectief OD3, 3 Tisseuses de Liens, Inge Dezutter, Gerda Schout, Katrien Perquy, Liliane Van Asselberghs, Laurette Cuyvers, Katrien Vandepitte
...Interdisciplinarity is the foundation on which artist Laura Splan conceives her work...Through her practice, science is moved out of the laboratories while keeping its axioms and experiments present...A number of its mechanisms are paralleled with the cultural dynamics that inhabit our everyday lives, putting a magnifying glass on the interconnections that exist between diverse fields of knowledge...
…While the complex, and often alienating science behind the pandemic has inundated the globe over the past year, artist laura splan dove into the study of virus structures to explore the interconnectedness between cultural and biological systems…
...Looking at these hypnotizing structures is a moment of ephemeral divinity; a tiny glimpse into the dangerous beauty of the world of the virus...
...surprisingly beautiful...That Splan’s erudite aestheticization of COVID-19 can enchant as much as it does is baffling...
...With the coronavirus outbreak, people worldwide have become preoccupied with a threat so physically small that it can’t be seen. The invisible world of viruses has long fascinated multi-media artist Laura Splan, who is artist in residence at a biotech lab...
"Unraveling (Marine/Aquamarine/Skyblue)", 2020, molecular animation
