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Gert Aertsen
Gert Aertsen studied Fine Arts at the Higher Institute for Visual Arts, St-Lukas in Brussels. In 2000 he started the postgraduate course at the HISK. Since then he has been exploring the possibilities of new media and technology for artistic purposes.
He was a member of the collective MxHz, Machine Centered Humanz. MxHz was a multidisciplinary team of artists, curators, technicians, all radically chosen for technological art. Mxhz = fighting a slow battle against the ancient 20th century world. They realised a long list of non-conformist projects ranging from networked audiovisual performances, sound installations to artbots. The core members of the collective were Guy Van Belle and Gert Aertsen. Within Mxhz, Gert Aertsen was mainly involved in the installation "Thoughts go By Air".
In 2002 he set up his own organisation, Lahaag.org, among other things to manage the various Mxhz projects. http://www.lahaag.org
Together with Pieter Heremans & Hendrik Leper, he organized Code31 . Code31 was an open studio for research, development and discussion about techniques and ways of thinking in media art. The initiative stimulated the exchange between artists from different disciplines and provided the necessary space to experiment with new technologies. The last installation they developed was "SE / 30: Welcome to the 20th century back". This installation was shown at Deaf07 festival in Rotterdam.
With Annemie Maes and Guy Van Belle he started the visual arts organization OKNO. This organization was established as an umbrella organization for the three initiatives Looking Glass, Mxhz and Code31. http://okno.be
Within these different organizations Gert Aertsen was active as organizer, educator, producer, technician, programmer, workshop supervisor and above all as an artist.
Since 2004 he has been responsible for the media lab and supervises the students of the HISK, Higher Institute for Fine Arts.
From 2005 to 2010 he gave interactive media art at the Academy of Anderlecht, together with Erik Nerinckx. http://hisk.edu/
Gert Aertsen lives and works in Brussels.
Lahaag Technology and science are playing an ever-increasing role in the development of contemporary culture. They form a driving force in cultural innovation. Technological progress and scientific research influence our thinking and our lives. Within this cultural context, the role of the arts must be evaluated. Art can only be on the verge of change if it is aware of these cultural driving forces. A more active collaboration between the arts and the technological world is imminent. The relationship between the two must be investigated.
"I believe that the art historians of the future may look back at this period and see that the major aesthetic inputs have come from art and ..." - Paul Brown "- Reality versus Imagination".
Lahaag.org is a Brussels organization that operates on the border between art and technology. It is a production unit that supports various artistic initiatives and conducts research into the relationship between art and technology.
"Art that explores technological and scientific frontiers is an act of relevance not only to a high-brow niche in a segregated corner of our culture." "Art, like research, asks questions about the possibilities and implications of technological innovation." - Stephen Wilson - Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science and Technology.
Lahaag.org is looking for like-minded people who resolutely use a technological approach within art, people with different backgrounds, to set up partnerships.
Lahaag.org was founded in 2002 by Gert Aertsen. The association organizes the production of his own artistic work and manages some projects of the collectives he is involved in. In addition, the association assists other artists in the artistic-technical creation of their projects.
Selection of exhibitions
2015-2009 Aargh, presentation, Cafe Europe, Mons, Aug 2015 State of Stability, duo show with David De Buyser, Jun 2015 Aargh, @Overtoon, Brussels, May 2015 Sense of sound, group show, Z33 Hasselt, Feb 2014 One shot video, performance, Bronks theater, Brussels, Jun 2013 State of Stability, installation, WOLKE, Brussels, Jun 2013 Casparo, Prop design for opera, Brussels, Tokyo, May 2013 One shot video, performance, Bronks theater, Brussels, Apr 2013 Art's Birthday, Exercising Slow, installation, OKNO, Brussels, Jan 2013 State of stability, performance, @nadine, Dec 2012 Version, residence, @nadine, Nov-Dec 2012 Exercising Slow , performance, @ 2m3 , Brussels, Oct 2012 Time Inventors Cabinet , installation, group show @OKNO & Open House, Brussels, May 2012 Version, residence @OKNO, Brussels, Jan-May 2012 Objects, Food, Rooms, installation, Tender Buttons, group show @ Kunst-Zicht , Ghent, Nov 2011 Stevenson, installation, group show and presentation @On different Soil, Prague, Nov 2011 Physical Cosmology, development for installation by Carola Mücke, Dublin, Ireland, July 2011 Lineman, installation for the performance 'Bodyscan' by Keskiespace , Summer of Antwerp, July 2011 Overcast, development tracking for installation by Sarah & Charles for Freetstate, Ostend, June 2011 Time Inventors Cabinet, Leading workshop @ Timelab for OKNO, Ghent, June 2011 Atkn, A tribute to Karl Nessler, residence @ Ecos, Nantes, France, March 2011 Outnumbered, presentation @dorkbot Brussels, with Jasper Rigole about the Outnumbered project, Imal, Brussels, Feb 2011 Cabinet Meeting, Leading workshop @OKNO, Brussels, Jan 2011 Crossover, installation, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for art and science, Brussels, Jan 2011 <inForm>, installation, Kunst-Zicht , Ghent, Dec 2010 Wind festival, installation, Energi Akademi, Samso, Denmark, Jun-Nov 2010 Outnumbered, development for Jasper Rigole @ Manifesta8, Murcia, Spain, Nov 2010 Time Inventors Cabinet, Leading workshop TIK project by OKNO, Korcula, Croatia, Oct 2010 Green Summer, installation, Verbeke Foundation , Kemzeke, May-Sept 2010 Atkn, A tribute to Karl Nessler, residence @Verbeke Foundation, Kemzeke, May-Sept 2010 Time Inventors Cabinet, Leading workshop, TIK project by OKNO, Czech Republic, Aug 2010 Atkn, A tribute to Karl Nessler, presentation, @ E-culture fair together with OKNO, Dortmund, Germany, Aug 2010 Atkn, A tribute to Karl Nessler, presentation, Tap launch days, Brussels, July 2010 The Sensory Room , development of Sensory room by Sarah & Charles for Flemish Government Architect, Neder over Heembeek, Jan-Dec 2010
2009-2001 Atkn, A tribute to Karl Nessler, presentation, Art + Communication 2009: energy , Riga, Latvia, Oct 2009 Atkn, A tribute to Karl Nessler, installation, Coastomize: contemporary art in the Flemish Ardennes, Velzeke. Summer 2008 Thoughts go by Air, installation, Synch festival, Athens, June 2007 Granfalloon, installation, Cittadelarte, Biella, Italy, Sep 2007 SE / 30: Welcome to the 20th century back, installation, V2, Deaf07 festival, Rotterdam, Apr 2007 SE / 30: Welcome to the 20th century back, installation, Public01, Brussels, May 2006 Thoughts go by Air, installation, Tesla, Berlin, Jun_2005 Victorian Circus, presentation, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, May_2005 CodeCommunicationsCamp, installation, Argosfestival, Brussels, Oct_2003 Dorkbot, presentation, De Visserij, Ghent, Apr_2003 Roving Walter Walter, installation, Artefact Leuven, Piece Leuven, Feb_2003 EarlyAbstractions, performance, Lux, Nijmegen, Jan_2003 EarlyAbstractions, performance, Filmfestival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Jan_2003
